Air Quote by Park Chan-wook

I really - I don't take my work that seriously, and I think that's what keeps me loose. If I try to write, if…

— Elmore Leonard

One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and…

— Maya Angelou

For me, no matter how serious the subject is, when I try to write about it, I have to write about it from a…

— Julie Davis

I see my writing happening more naturally. Just to relax into it and capture all of the good stuff in a calm and connected…

— Justin Nozuka

And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what…

— Stephen King

There are many things I think about that never get to the point of becoming serious. In other words, I try to talk myself…

— Aleksandar Hemon

I have this natural thing in my head that when I sit down to write something serious, I tend to make jokes. I can't…

— Justin Simien

In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing, I just…

— Little Simz

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

— James Broughton

While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant…

— Ann Beattie

When I write something, it's usually 'cause I think it's funny or I have a way in, but when I direct something, I really…

— Nicholas Stoller

I only write about stuff that sort of happens to me, and then I blow it up into a much funnier version.

— Jason Jones