Enjoy Quote by Scott M. Gimple

It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films,…

— Guy Ritchie

You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because you're not…

— Michael Loceff

Writers displace their anxiety on to the tools of the trade. It's better to say that you haven't got the right pencil than to…

— Hilary Mantel

Probably the only thing that isn't great is the time when I know I'm very close to finishing the actual writing of the story…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you will be bored with the characters–and the only way to overcome these…

— John Dufresne

I don't like to over-intellectualize scenes that are working. I tend to think when you do that you may lose it.

— Antonio Banderas

Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre.

— Alice Ripley

I wrote 'All is Lost' while editing 'Margin Call'. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to get to…

— J. C. Chandor

The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you'll realize you only…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing…

— Laini Taylor

Most writers, I'm afraid, live very boring lives sitting in front of a screen. However, having said that: every writer puts a bit of…

— Michael Scott

I just kind of like to feel myself into stuff by writing scenes and seeing what characters end up saying.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge