Big business Quote by Tori Amos

The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.

— Chris O'Dowd

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

— Irvin S. Cobb

There were the days when women were under contract, and they were thought of as a commodity, so they hired the best writers and…

— Sally Field

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

— Kate Morton

One of the biggest drawbacks of our industry is that we haven't nurtured our writers for years. Now, we realise we need to but…

— Kabir Khan

A writer can't afford to just focus on writing and leave marketing aside in today's competitive market.

— Amish Tripathi

I'm a writer, but this is a business. You have to look at it in the way you would look at any business.

— Janet Evanovich

Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.

— Kent McCord

There's way too much pain in this business for anyone who doesn't HAVE to write.

— R. A. Salvatore

What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material,…

— Kathleen Turner

In my long, long years toiling around the publishing industry, I've found that women simply don't stick to the writing with the same fervor…

— Jim Goad

What's this business of being a writer. It's just putting one word after another.

— Irving Thalberg