You know, I always was an early morning or late night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four... →
Joss Whedon
A writer is supposed to have anonymity.
In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the place to be.
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.
E. B. White
A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people.
Edmund White
I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.
I was working for Time-Life Books from 1962 to 1970, as a staff writer, and after that, I was a journalist. Eventually, I became an editor at... →
Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that... →