#writer

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity. ↗

— Tom Cochrane

#first #good #i #i think #songwriter

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings. ↗

— Alex Cox

#english #english language #greatest #his #language

Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing. ↗

— Ice Cube

#aspect #chance #creative #design #director

On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#any #cable #chases #king #now

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#few #film #going #great #indie

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers. ↗

— Hope Davis

#cities #country #different #discover #fascinating

Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#every #finally #gets #how #know

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#independent #influence #outside #person #society

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#alter #aspire #consciousness #deep #infiltrate

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. ↗

— John le Carre

#credible #every #fiction #fiction writer #knows