Quotes of: Professional-writer Keyword

Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen.

Nicole Ari Parker

As a comedy writer, I'm always praying for the day I can tell a self-aware/break-the-fourth-wall style of joke.

Nicholas Stoller

I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.

Oriana Fallaci

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.

Piers Anthony

I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I said it to nobody.

Peter Bichsel

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

Paulo Coelho

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.

Paul Harding

It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources.

Paul McCartney

I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.

Philip Pullman

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

Patricia C. Wrede

What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?

Rachel Cusk

I'm a writer and director, and the movie I've seen a million times is 'Stardust Memories' by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling.

Roman Coppola

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

Ronald Frame

I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write.

Richard Flanagan

The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them. We need readers. More readers. Fewer writers.

Robert Galbraith

My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.

Robert Harris

A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.

Sandra Chami Kassis

...ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the writer. That's finesse.

Shandy L. Kurth

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

Stephen King

All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.

Stephanie Lennox

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.

Steven Moffat