#writer

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work. ↗

— Harold Ramis

#claim #director #done #i #i always

Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly. ↗

— Harold Ross

#exactly #quarrelling #same #thing #writers

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#different #funnier #good #good reason #i

Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff. ↗

— Carl Reiner

#comedians #pencils #pens #really #riff

You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long. ↗

— David Remnick

#another #book #books #had #half

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough. ↗

— Anne Rice

#dickens #enough #everyone #him #his

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that. ↗

— Anne Rice

#am #american #american writers #definitely #doubt

Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books. ↗

— Anne Rice

#about #books #contribution #future #king

That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't have a group apprenticeship like a violinist might training for an orchestra. ↗

— Anne Rice

#become #group #like #lonely #might

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself. ↗

— Anne Rice

#groups #may #meet #occasional #own