#writ

My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#comedian #comedy #father #figure #funny

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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Good writers are of necessity rare. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#necessity #rare #writers

I do enjoy working with writers. ↗

— Neil Jordan

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You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.' ↗

— Damian Lewis

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I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#between #directors #discovered #down #exactly

You have to go where the good writing is. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#good #good writing #where #writing #you

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#means #outside #piece #remain #step

I want to direct, produce, and write, learning as I go. ↗

— Emmanuel Lewis

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You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#ambition #book #going #happens #least