Any Quote by Peter Gould

I came up in left-wing political writing. My first job out of college was working as Gore Vidal's fact checker.

— Morgan Neville

Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document.

— Larry Kramer

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

— David Ignatius

I did write a number of reports on my political experiences, but there were many omissions, and I feel bad about that because it…

— Grace Paley

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I…

— Rob Lowe

The first time I ever wrote anything, it was an editorial column for my high school newspaper.

— Nahnatchka Khan

When you write fiction, there were things about Washington that I've experienced and wanted to write about, including the swamping nature of it, the…

— Jake Tapper

I started in this racket in the early '70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I…

— Jerry Pournelle

I think you have to ask yourself, what is the point of the script? What is the script selling? Because all scripts are political,…

— Susan Sarandon

Whether you believe it or not, you have to understand the politics. In every script, there is a political bend that the writer has…

— Abhishek Banerjee

Personally, I read a lot of scripts.

— David Yates