#rite

It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely. ↗

— John le Carre

#away #both #community #his #i

The reporter claimed he was going to write the article from my point of view. Instead, he made me sound like a little idiot. It made me never want to do another interview again. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#another #article #claimed #going #idiot

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes. ↗

— Sherilyn Fenn

#based #because #circumstance #coming #could

I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#actual #hour #i #letter #minutes

I think a lot of writers, male and female, write as if their parents were killed in a car accident when they were 2, and they have no one to hold accountable. And unfortunately, I don't have that. I have parents who I care about what they think. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#accident #accountable #car #car accident #care

Well I tried to, but I could never write anything that I liked or was worthwhile. I threw it all out and realized that I had to make a serious study- that my tastes were far more advanced than my abilities. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#anything #could #far #had #i

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#defeat #itself #life #love #lover

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#read #seen #should #sight #writers

When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#familiar #safe #something #stereotyped #very

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing. ↗

— Rosanne Cash

#i #impossible #me #really #sing