#writer

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#even #funny #funny people #get #know

What a revolting contrast exists in England between the slavery of women and the intellectual superiority of women writers. ↗

— Flora Tristan

#contrast #england #exists #intellectual #revolting

What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#companies #create #i #material #more

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#dilemma #endeavors #felt #fiction #fiction writers

You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#bright #canada #ever #fellow #i

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. ↗

— Voltaire

#borrowed #imitation #judicious #most #nothing

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#i #i love #love #paperwork #stand

So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#must #productions #should #take #vulgar

I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth. ↗

— David Walliams

#bit #book #characters #depth #emotional

Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for us to play straight, if the children in our audience were the only audience. ↗

— Burt Ward

#best #business #children #comedy #funny