The 13-episode model lends itself to a more serialised format, which is nice and gives writers a chance to breathe some space into it.
Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.
I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer.
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
Although every writer dreams of getting it right on the first pass, very few succeed.
Our principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education.
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.
I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers.
The great thing about 'Justified' is that the writers will craft a scene, but if the actors come up with a great idea, they're 100% for it.
For me, Fitzgerald was one of the great American writers of the last century; a wordsmith, a storyteller, a perfectionist.
I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.
I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
A dream of mine is to become an executive producer and writer. I would love if that ended up happening to me in the future.
I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.
Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.
For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block.
I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer.
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.
Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person.
A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity." [ , July 5, 1922]
