Atmosphere Quote by Mindy Kaling

I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things…

— Sara Zarr

I used to do stuff at college. I could do voices. I could make some people laugh. I wasn't the class clown, but I…

— Steve Coogan

In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward.

— Maria Semple

Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder.

— William S. Burroughs

Maybe because I began as a writer, I have a good ear for dialogue, and maybe being an English major - and that I…

— Owen Wilson

I was always inventing characters and making up stories.

— Suzanne Vega

I enjoyed writing for someone elses voice, but I wasnt very good at it.

— Anthony Jeselnik

One of the reasons I started working at 'South Park,' actually, was that I wanted to learn how to structure things and how to…

— Bill Hader

What I learned most was how to tell a story in 15 seconds or 30 seconds or 60 seconds - to have some kind…

— Renny Harlin

When I was a kid I did impressions and funny voices a lot. When I was telling a story I would use the voices…

— Gabriel Iglesias

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.

— Armando Iannucci

I enjoyed writing for someone else's voice, but I wasn't very good at it.

— Anthony Jeselnik