Quotes of: Writer Keyword

I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.

Edmund White

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

Jack Dempsey

The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination, somewhere to go.

Ronald Frame

There are too many good comic book writers out there. I'd rather remain a fanboy.

Simon Kinberg

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.

Barry Mann

I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.

Bill Nighy

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.

Cierra Ramirez

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

Steve Martin

Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.

Buzz Aldrin

For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block.

Mary Garden

I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer.

Joseph O'Neill

Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

Edna O'Brien

Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity." [ , July 5, 1922]

Franz Kafka

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter.

Gerald Brenan

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

Gwendolyn Brooks

I’m proud to be a writer. I’m doing the job all my heroes did.

Carla H. Krueger

The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.

Chris O'Dowd

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.

Cheryl Strayed

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

Iris Chang