Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any... →
Nora Roberts
Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.
History is imperfect and biased, and it always, always has omissions. The most common omissions are the bits that the writer of that history took for... →
Tansy Rayner Roberts
By the time I was 7 or 8, I wanted to be a comedy writer.
Chris Rock
I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.
Seth Rogen
I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join a party. I follow along... →
Anne Roiphe
I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And I climbed the... →
Carine Roitfeld
Truth be told, I didn't want to be on T.V. I was going to be a writer or producer or a director, and at the end of my sophomore year, my... →
Al Roker
I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.
Henry Rollins
In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially if he wrote part... →
Mark Romanek