#writer

It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan. ↗

— Richard Curtis

#always #because #case #certainly #events

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#force #go #him #himself #his

I'm not going to get into the writer's skills or what he was trying to portray because that's not fair. I can only say what I felt was trying to be portrayed there. ↗

— Taylor Dane

#fair #felt #get #going #i

I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy this book - or my kids will have to go to foster care. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#book #buy #care #earn #foster

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#director #fantastic #get #job #right

It’s not: I jumped in, and it was cold. No. It was cold, and I jumped in. Always arrange a sentence so you appear to be fearless, when in fact you are far less than fearless—you are clueless. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#appearances #clueless #fear #fearless #funny

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could! ↗

— Brian Lumley

#could #critic #literary #loves #only

The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#call #dies #does #hard #i

I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#dad #husband #i #just #student

If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer. ↗

— Rita Dove

#find #i #love #read #reading