#rite

I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else. ↗

— Christian Bale

#because #consider #decide #disasters #else

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#already #because #does #external #fiction

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#chronic #contentment #drunkenness #good #humor

I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans. ↗

— Lance Bass

#been #book #fans #i #many

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. ↗

— Mario Batali

#book #college #day #different #dirty

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#i #i think #i write #me #mysterious

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#called #could #doing #favorite #i

I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood. ↗

— Ned Beatty

#bless #god #god bless #hollywood #i

My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer and my mom's a director and writer. ↗

— Troian Bellisario

#director #mom #producer #successful #television

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#get #say #woman #writer