#writer

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#business #commercialized #i #never #north

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#countries #give #hope #instability #intellectuals

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#careful #certain #essential #hands #his

Writers are not meant for action. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#meant #writers

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#exhausts #his #imitates #men #novels

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