Everything Quote by Nahnatchka Khan

When you're putting together a story, sometimes you just have to skip over the boring bits.

— Laurie R. King

I think the writers give us different people to work with, different situation scenarios to be in and there's always that fun balance of,…

— Hayden Panettiere

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just…

— Terry Pratchett

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

— Arthur Smith

I'm always talking to the writers because I find it so fascinating, how they're able to go to these different levels with the different…

— Taraji P. Henson

I began to see, again and again, stories that were first confusing and second where the emotional impact was muted because the big scene…

— Alice Mattison

You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to write. The…

— Nigel Kneale

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels…

— David Brin

I think, television and comics, what's appealing to me as a writer about both of those mediums is that they allow you to sort…

— Travis Beacham

With comedy, I think it's so important, especially in TV, to know and trust what the writers are writing and just have it down.

— Jay Harrington

I'm always fascinated by how different writers' rooms work.

— Megan Abbott

Sometimes with good writers you don't spot the theme, but when you come away you realise there has been one.

— Prunella Scales