I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.
I was never really a writer, I was always more of a performer.
Every writer knows that ideas are the enemy.
Every writer knows that words are the enemy.
With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable.
If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.
The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.
You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.
I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.
I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.
There's a great myth about cartoonists, writers and people that are on TV.
Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.
Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.
Do we have good writers, producers and actors in the U.K.? Yes we do.
Only bad writers think they're good.
There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.
Being a good observer is a great tool to have as a writer, just taking the world in.
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.
