Credit Quote by Jon Spaihts

By the time a writer comes onto a project (if they're being hired as a contractor) the main character has usually been designed, as…

— Rhianna Pratchett

The first thing a writer has to do is find a new source of income.

— Ellen Gilchrist

A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.

— Barry Hannah

A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things.

— William Stafford

A writers job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.

— Barry Hannah

From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power…

— Joe Eszterhas

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.

— Ben Affleck

A lot of times, projects happen just to influence the distributors or buyers.

— Priyadarshan

Whatever you do, whatever you come up with, whatever you decide on, you can go with it, and if the director or the execs,…

— IronE Singleton

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.

— Anonymous

For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or you will…

— Jasper Fforde

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

— Len Wein