I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.
I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.
I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.
A writer is simply one who writes words, Even if just 1 person reads it your work, or a 100, or 1million or 100,000 You are a writer.
Never say you can't be a writer or a script writer, remember how well, characters in your dreams said their dialogues.
The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard.
There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can be written by anybody, including dictators.
The e-book does seem at the moment to threaten the livelihood of writers, because the way in which writers are paid for their work in the form of e-books is very much up in the air.
There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the fortitude to work in a vacuum. For me, it was important to have some sense that my failures weren't unique.
Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.
Because I work in television, I always knew that I loved working with writers. It's very collaborative. You're always in a room full of writers.
For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.
I am a professional photographer by trade and an amateur photographer by vocation.
Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable.
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.
One of the great things about a celebrity pro-am is that you get to play along with the very best professional golfers in the world.
Fashion is really interesting to me, but I'm not a professional model, so I'm focusing my career on acting.
At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists.
Working with Michael Chiklis is a lesson in professionalism and staying focused. That's what Chiklis brings all day long.
Psychiatrists always say, Oh, we're very professional. I use exercise as my medication.
