What can I say: I'm a writer - I enjoy forcing pain and suffering on my characters!
You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.
Studios, to cut through the clutter, want recognisable titles. But that does not excuse you, as a writer, from having an original story.
Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.
I suppose all writers worry about the well running dry.
Writers are people who put pen to paper every day.
I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.
To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you.
Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels.
Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.
I've always noticed a difference between working with a director and working with a writer/director. In how much they're invested and how specific they are.
I get inspired by my friends, and if a friend is a writer, that is even deeper.
It's a wonderful thing, as a writer, to be given parameters and walls and barriers.
Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.
What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to be misrepresentative of what I'm about as a person and as a writer.
I didn't really sign up to be a celebrity, I only signed up to be a writer.
A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
Together with script writers Syd green and Dick Hills, we worked on the comedy ideas for this series.
