#writer

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there. ↗

— Thomas Berger

#why #write #writers

The original Dean Martin Comedy Hour handed me some hysterical sketches. I've got highlights on tons of these variety shows, given to me by their great writers. I'd love to be doing all that again. ↗

— Ruth Buzzi

#comedy #dean #dean martin #doing #given

TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs to be pushed and have someone on my case a little bit, so I suffer from that. ↗

— Rose Byrne

#bit #case #i #kind #little

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero. ↗

— Vivian Campbell

#great #guitar #hero #important #joe

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#any #deadline #express #ideas #improved

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#contempt #i #i wonder #motivation #ought

Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works. ↗

— John Updike

#assumed #century #generally #had #his

I told you in the course of this paper that Shakespeare had a sister; but do not look for her in Sir Sidney Lee's life of the poet. She died young--alas, she never wrote a word. She lies buried where the omnibuses now stop, opposite the Elephant and Castle. Now my belief is that this poet who never wrote a word and was buried at the crossroads still lives. She lives in you and in me, and in many other women who are not here tonight, for they are washing up the dishes and putting the children to bed. But she lives; for great poets do not die; they are continuing presences; they need only the opportunity to walk among us in the flesh. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#dignity #dreams #empowerment #equality #feminism

I'm a much better writer for being a father. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#better #father #i #much #writer

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#face #fiction #fiction writer #grew #had