#writers

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#else #entertain #i #influenced #interests

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#actually #anything #book #dreaming #fun

Most comic scriptwriters are very bad. The artists are good, but the writers are so bad. ↗

— Harry Harrison

#bad #comic #good #most #very

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#also #aspiring #garlic #give #helps

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#concepts #how #most #publishing #totally

The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date. ↗

— Sean Hayes

#date #even #gay #into #other

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#film-makers #i #i am #influenced #more

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion. ↗

— Teresa Nielsen Hayden

#experiences #many #own #promotion #publicity

I think for writers who write that kind of stuff, they want to make changes. Look at Kris Kristofferson and Dylan. I mean, whole generations come along liking that stuff and that's great. ↗

— Lee Hazlewood

#changes #come #dylan #generations #great

As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#citizens #make #note #our #positive