Quotes About Writer

My interest in community is what fuels my work as a writer, more than just wanting to write or just wanting to have a TV show.

Isolated in the oncology ward, I began to think about my dream to become a writer.

In my 20s, I was a freelance writer with little money and living in a rabbit warren one-and-a-half-bedroom with a roommate.

The eyes themselves were the eyes of a writer, always a little tired in expression.

What reader or dreamer doesn't imagine the romantic life of a writer, who lingers between the desk and the fridge in the morning and in the evening attends cocktail parties thrown by nouveaux riches and the society ladies who hardly ever have the time to read?

There's a certain order to network shows that doesn't exist so much in cable, which is, you know, if you want to change a line you've got to talk to the writer.

But our writer, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - it was very much in her mind. After we had done 'A Room With a View' and 'Maurice,' she urged us to think about 'Howards End' as another candidate for adaptation.

As a writer I care about America, and care about its carelessness.

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

My dad's an actor, and my mum's a casting director and a writer.

I don't categorize myself as an 85-year-old woman who has written an erotic novel. I categorize myself as a writer who's written an erotic novel.

My chief identity, to my mind, was not 'writer' but 'college dropout.'

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer.

I have more control of the material if I produce. I can be much more active in choosing the writer, shaping the script, casting and editing the film.

My wife is a writer. She grew up in Alaska. She told me she was moving to Boulder and that I could come with her if I wanted to. We were married at the time, so I chose to come with her.

I could use a Chris Matthews-level speech writer to script everything I say. That would be good.

I always thought I was a writer on the inside, but after a few years of not writing, you can't make that claim anymore.

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.

I'm always looking for a sign - not in a spooky, supernatural way, but in a 'neurotic writer' kind of way.

I thought a director was like a pillow who sat under the writer, supporting them and submitting to their vision. It took me a long time to realise that what a writer really wants is a production that matches the play and the writing. It is the only way the play can achieve its full potential.

My wife has been incredibly supportive of me as a writer. Trying really hard to make sure I get the space and time I need to work as a writer and being willing to make some of the sacrifices that you have to make to live the life of an artist.

Buying new books supports the writer by providing both a royalty and an audience; a writer whose book sells well has a better chance of selling another.

I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as a writer, I suppose.