#writer

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer. ↗

— David Mamet

#ask #gag #guy #i #politics

Our job, as writers is to do our jobs. ↗

— David Mamet

#jobs #our #writers

The writer's language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language. ↗

— Paul de Man

#agent #both #degree #his #historian

I'm a writer first and a woman after. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#first #i #woman #writer

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#believe #commitment #contrast #difference #entire

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#hard #very #writer

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money. ↗

— Karl Marx

#earn #live #making #making money #means

As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award. ↗

— Richard Marx

#because #better #celebrate #i #luther

When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#favorite #going #i #i do #just

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#their #trouble #writers #young