Book Quote by Miranda July

I get absolutely ruthless in my own way about not doing anything else when I am trying to concentrate on writing a book. I…

— Jane Jacobs

I'm a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you accept to…

— Sam Shepard

I'm always working on my next novel, even when I'm not.

— George Pelecanos

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's…

— Lauren Oliver

If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work. Before, I was…

— Penelope Cruz

I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office…

— Jess Walter

I'm writing, I'm directing, I'm editing, I'm mixing, I'm showrunning. There is a certain point where it's like, the work is the work.

— Sam Levinson

I don't know if I have some kind of defiance disorder or something, but if I'm hired to write something by "The Man," or…

— Diablo Cody

My routine is to create activities for myself unrelated to writing that allow little time for writing. This means that when I do get…

— Anthony McCarten

I love writing books, but it's a solitary experience. When I'm on a film set, I'm with a bunch of other artists working together…

— George Pelecanos

My working life is me doing what I want to do. This is that. I've made movies that people don't go to see.

— Steven Soderbergh

Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.

— Tom Perrotta