Darkness Quote by Natalie Dormer

The reason I became a writer is because I like sitting in dark rooms by myself, not standing on stage and talking to people.

— Cord Jefferson

So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women.

— Brit Marling

I have always been a dark writer.

— George R. R. Martin

Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.'

— Karin Slaughter

As an actor, especially one who's worked in casting, you read so many scripts, and some of them are terrible. They're terrible and they're…

— Erin Maya Darke

I wish writing was a talent that I had. I've tried. Unfortunately, I'm just not talented in the writing department. But, if I was,…

— Eva Mendes

Most of the stories I write are women's stories - but the darker, unseen stories.

— Frankie Shaw

I think I was always meant to write dark stories.

— Marie Lu

As a writer, I will tell you that darkness is so easy to make interesting. It is so easy because you're allowed to do…

— Nicholas Sparks

I wrote a lot of scripts that were dark and fairy tale-like, but too strange.

— Robert Eggers

We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us.

— John Banville

Something happened to me when I wrote female characters in my early plays; it was a real liberation.

— Peter Hedges