There are so many ways of posturing that people associate with being a writer. They imagine you wearing a beret and drinking only red wine and being... →
Eleanor Catton
You can tell when a writer moves out of a place of struggle and into a place of comfort, and it's always a bad thing.
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in that regard. If I can... →
Nick Cave
I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in the office - is to... →
If I were running a campaign, I'd urge taking the mountain of money reportedly squandered on pizza, coffee and bagels and spending it more wisely... →
Dick Cavett
The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem.
Michael Chabon
I wasn't involved, except to the degree that they sent me drafts of the script as the writer turned them in. They asked me at one point to write... →
Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
Iris Chang
I always wanted to be a writer.
Jung Chang
I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the telephone and... →
Ray Charles