Writer Quotes
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I'm a writer and a photographer - I'm totally aware that doesn't always translate to TV.
Ree Drummond
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I'm a writer, so I interview people all the time, and I think of it as being a very creative process. Giving interviews is actually one of the most creative parts of the film promotion process.
Aaron Rose
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Writing is rewriting. A writer writes. And be fearless. Some people are going to hate what you write. It’s going to make some of them mad. In the end, you have to write for yourself.
Ken Levine
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I think that's part of being a comedy writer. You have to be confident. If you're sitting around worrying about, like, oh my God, what are people going to think, then you're not writing comedy. You have to write what makes you laugh, and then the world hopefully laughs as well.
David Mandel
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Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship.
Ismail Kadare
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One is always enthralled, I think, when a young writer you're just beginning to read and comprehend dies.
Joy Williams
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There is always something of the writer in the work but I don't think Melville had to be swallowed by a whale to write a great novel. If I had lived the lives of all the characters of the songs I've written, that would truly be an extraordinary story.
Michael Stipe
R.E.M.
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I think it's hard to make a living as a writer, but I think it's hard to work at McDonald's too.... I think the commitment is to get up everyday and say, "I'm a writer, therefore what I'm supposed to do today is write." And to do that, and to do that and to do that.
Pearl Cleage
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For me, being a writer, you want to communicate with people, but if your goal is that every person is going to love what you do, then you're always going to be disappointed.
Winnie Holzman
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As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.
Kathleen Rooney
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I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.
Allison Silverman
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For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
Catherine Drinker Bowen
