Georges Simenon Quotes

We live in a time when writers do not always have barriers around them.

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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.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • World
  • Angel
  • Writers

• Writers are storytellers. So are readers.

  

  Oliver North
  • Writers
  • Readers

• My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.

  

  Larry Niven
  • Problem
  • Right
  • Names

• I have always believed that what goes around comes around.

  

  Rajeev Shukla
  • Always
  • Around
  • Goes

• Writers are not meant for action.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Action
  • Writers
  • Meant

• I've never been around pets. I didn't have pets as a child.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
  • Never
  • Child
  • Around

• I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Beginning
  • Writers
  • Influenced

• Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Writers
  • Readers
  • Publishers

• I do get around. Geographically, that is.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Get
  • Around

• I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Writers
  • Thriller
  • Favourites

• My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • Me
  • Writers
  • Sensibility

• All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Book
  • Soul
  • Film

• People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • People
  • Me
  • Around

• 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.

  

  Jeff Abbott
  • Live
  • Creative
  • Lucky

• Science knows no politics. Are we in this frenzy of [the Depression] economy, brought about by those who control the wealth of this country, seeking to put a barrier on science and research for the paltry sum of $39,113 out of an appropriation of $100,000,000?

  

  Fiorello LaGuardia
  • Country
  • Science
  • Control

• 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.

  

  Len Wein
  • Food
  • Vision
  • Writers

• I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono.

  

  Jay-Z
  • Barriers
  • Gates
  • Linkin Park

• Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite.

  

  Chuck Klosterman
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Writers

• I've imparted that philosophy to the writers, but some of them look stuff up while some don't. Same with the editors, directors and actors. To each their own.

  

  Vince Gilligan
  • Actors
  • Philosophy
  • Directors

• Fortunately, we have writers who very much respect the classic characters and the integrity of the classic characters, that are also terrific comedy writers and are able to put these classic characters in new and interesting, and quite funny situations for today.

  

  Bob Bergen
  • Respect
  • Comedy
  • Integrity

• No doubt other writers have often put a thing more brilliantly, more subtly than even a very cunning artist in words can hope to emulate, a supreme phrase being a bit of luck that only happens now and then. And inasmuch as the condiments and secret travail of human nature are always the same, and that certain psychological moments must ever and ever recur, what more tempting than to pin down such a moment with the blow of a borrowed hammer?

  

  Ethel Smyth
  • Artist
  • Writers
  • Human Nature

• It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.

  

  Ewan McGregor
  • Job
  • Style
  • Trust

• We live in a time when writers do not always have barriers around them.

  

  Georges Simenon
  • Writers
  • Around
  • Barriers