Life Quote by Melanie Benjamin

“Today, names of screenwriters like Zoe Akins, Jeanie Macpherson, Beulah Marie Dix, Lenore Coffee, Anita Loos, June Mathis, Bess Meredyth, Jane Murfin, Adela Rogers…

— Cari Beauchamp

“I wrote stories from the time I was a little girl, but I didn’t want to be a writer. I wanted to be an…

— Joan Didion

“You can't possibly know that you're going to be a writer!" Miss Frost said. "It's not a career choice.”

— John Irving

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

— Simon Callow

I'm not an actress. I'm a writer.

— Emily V. Gordon

I've got all the discipline as an actress, but none whatsoever as a writer.

— Jean Marsh

There's no reason that a writer, if they have some discipline and curiosities and passion, can't be vital for a long, long time.

— Peter Hedges

“A writer doesn't dream of riches and fame, though those things are nice. A true writer longs to leave behind a piece of themselves,…

— CK Webb

When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into…

— James Franco

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

— Sidney Sheldon

If I had chosen to act only as a heroine then I would have disappeared from the scene long ago. So, I decided to…

— Manorama

I admire actresses who are willing to jettison the easy route toward exposure and commercial success as an actor in favor or a slow…

— Hari Nef