I think Quote by Richard K. Morgan

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

— Elmore Leonard

When people in my generation started to write, we did not actually have much of a movie industry, much of a theater scene, much…

— Margaret Atwood

I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that…

— Danny Strong

I think all writers have a bit of genius in them, and a bit of talent. Genius retreats but talent improves.

— Martin Amis

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

— Irvin S. Cobb

Good actors can do anything, and there'll be amazing writers who are willing to write for everyone.

— Jonathan Bailey

It feels as though a very disproportionate number of main characters are writers, because that's what the writer knows. Fair enough. But nothing bothers…

— B. J. Novak

I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world and cover…

— C. J. Box

I don't think writers - in general - ever achieve the fame of movie stars. For the simple reason that only a fraction of…

— Augusten Burroughs

Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists.

— Zal Batmanglij

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

I think one of the great things about casting writer-performers is that you hope people will always add more to scenes and to their…

— Katy Wix