George C. Wolfe Quotes
When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like everybody's serving you. But you're really serving the materials. You're serving the actors. You're in charge, but it's not free.
George C. Wolfe
Quotes to Explore
I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
Aaron Sorkin
When you're writing a story in bits and pieces, month in and month out, there really isn't time or space for reflection, no room to learn what those scripts had to teach you.
J. Michael Straczynski
I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
Rachel Johnson
I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
Kami Garcia
The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.
J. Michael Straczynski
I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.
Nancy Lublin
I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
Talib Kweli
Black Star
I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.
Dana Spiotta
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
Baruch Spinoza
I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a published writer, or to try to become a published writer. It's a very public way to fail. And I was kind of scared, so I started out as a ghost writer, and I wrote for other series, like Disney 'Aladdin' and 'Sweet Valley' and books like that.
K. A. Applegate
We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.
J. A. Konrath
God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.
Adam Hamilton
I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note on your computer, if the paper clip popped up and said, 'Looks like you're writing a ransom note. Need help? You should use more forceful language, you'll get more money.'
Demetri Martin
I think that's what turns young men and women into writers - the happiness you discover living in books.
Paul Auster
I want to spend more time with my family, but I'm not sure they want to spend more time with me.
Esther Rantzen
I am not the kind of person who makes his bread and butter on how hyped I am. I am an actor, and I do my job.
Barun Sobti
She could make more phone calls in a day than any human being I ever worked with, ... She always could outwork any young person. She pushed like there was no tomorrow.
Eleanor Smeal
When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like everybody's serving you. But you're really serving the materials. You're serving the actors. You're in charge, but it's not free.
George C. Wolfe
