Hampton Fancher Quotes
I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.
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My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that. He and a bunch of the 'Buffy' and 'Angel' writers were all going down in a big van and he invited me along.
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
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When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.
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Writers are not meant for action.
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Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
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I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.
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Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.
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My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.
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There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.
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The age of celebrity editors and monstrous staffing are over.
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I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.
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It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision.
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I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but writing is what I was meant to do.
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When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.
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The problem a lot of writers have is that they really, really enjoy people saying, "You're brilliant." They let their self-perception be dictated by reader response. But if you're going to let other people make you feel good, you're going to end up feeling bad when they say the opposite. You've got to be a cultural stoic. Then you won't be devastated by people who respond negatively. Of course, the downside is that it sort of stops you from being able to enjoy people liking your work.
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I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.
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I'm really sort of cautious about being too didactic. To me there are writers that can do that, but I think they drown in that after a while. I do think the job of a writer is to raise questions and nobody likes the questions being asked.
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It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French.
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There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.
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I've gotten to jump into a lot of different things. And either being bold enough or dumb enough or naive enough to believe I could play them all, it's an exercise of self-delusion.
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I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.
