Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art." (Last words, according to Dickens's obituary in .)
I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing what we think, feel, and see before we die. Writing is a path to meet ourselves and become intimate.
the writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags...
That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.
All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.
Use all this life to make yourself a great writer, thoughtful and kind, slowly, surely over the years.
The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.
But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
'21 Jump Street' is great. I just made that, and produced it and was a writer on it. It's starring myself and Channing Tatum, and maybe some surprise guests.
The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.
A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.
A friend of mine from college is married to Neil Levy, who started on 'Saturday Night Live' in the early days and is a really great guy and funny writer.
Thought for the day: Twitter...140 character limit...must be a great tool for fortune cookie writers...
A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments.
You become a great writer by writing lots and lots of stories, not by rewriting the same story over and over again.
[Referring to passage by Alice Munro] Finally, the passage contradicts a form of bad advice often given young writers -- namely, that the job of the author is to show, not tell. Needless to say, many great novelists combine "dramatic" showing with lo...
I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle.
To be a great writer, you must be nomadic. I’d recommend the hunter/gatherer lifestyle for anybody serious about being nonsensical.
A writer writes knowing that nothing else will elicit the same kind of satisfaction and personal triumph as molding the written word into a reader's great experience.
