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Writer Quotes

Everything you study, everything you learn, makes you a better writer, because you have more understanding of how things work Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones... After all, there are better ways to starve to death Picture Quote #1

I believe I’m a better writer now than I was when I started. I’m grateful that I had good guidance because you don’t make it in this business without good editors and a lot of support from your publishers Picture Quote #1

I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it’s made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It’s made me more myself Picture Quote #1

To act: that is what the writer would like to be able to do, above all. To act, rather than to bear witness. To write, imagine, and dream in such a way that his words and inventions and dreams will have an impact upon reality, will change people’s minds and hearts, will prepare the way for a better world Picture Quote #1

Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I’ve wrestled with my whole life. I think it’s a journey worth taking, really finding out who you are and what you do well Picture Quote #1

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Carrie’ was a pretty big-budget movie at a real studio, with a director that had already done a bunch of things and had some notoriety, and Stephen King was the writer Picture Quote #1

A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don’t mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it’s a big book, there has to be more than one undertow Picture Quote #1

I’m a writer. Now I’ve started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say Picture Quote #1

There’s always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister Picture Quote #1

The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur Picture Quote #1

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I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story needs room to grow and evolve Picture Quote #1

The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the bills Picture Quote #1

I was asked to be on ‘The Colbert Report’ last year as Big Bird and Oscar. But when we got there, we discovered they wanted both characters on at the same time. Stephen Colbert didn’t know one man plays them both. We called Joey Mazzarino, our head writer, who’s a very good puppeteer as well. He agreed to zip over and do Oscar Picture Quote #1

Having gone through the [Marvel] writer program, I knew Black Panther was in the pipeline and I knew they were big fans of my writing. But I had to compete with the other writers who were put up for it - no one hands out jobs Picture Quote #1

I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and attended many trials . . . from Hell’s Angels, Black Panthers and Chicano street fighters to Roxanne Pulitzer and even Richard Nixon, back in the good old days before he was run out of the White House for fraud, perjury, graft, and criminal negligence Picture Quote #1

Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice - a black male doing it all, back when some people thought he shouldn’t. One reason I do all the things I do is to break stereotypes that people can only do certain things Picture Quote #1

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Every writer has their rituals. For me, it’s morning walks along the beach. And then, in my study I have a huge painting of the Black Madonna hung over my desk, and quite a few pictures of Mary around me for inspiration Picture Quote #1

At some point if you’re a professional writer, no matter what, it always comes down to you staring at the blank page by yourself Picture Quote #1

It’s a neat experience to go from the blank page to an actor elevating it to the audience understanding it - the full life of that is why I became a writer Picture Quote #1

A writer is very much like the captain on a star ship facing the unknown. When you face the blank page and you have no idea where you’re going. It can be terrifying, but it can also be the adventure of a lifetime Picture Quote #1

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Everything you study, everything you learn, makes you a better writer, because you have more understanding of how things work. (Writer Quotes) If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones... After all, there are better ways to starve to death. (Writer Quotes) I believe I’m a better writer now than I was when I started. I’m grateful that I had good guidance because you don’t make it in this business without good editors and a lot of support from your publishers. (Writer Quotes) I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it’s made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It’s made me more myself. (Writer Quotes) To act: that is what the writer would like to be able to do, above all. To act, rather than to bear witness. To write, imagine, and dream in such a way that his words and inventions and dreams will have an impact upon reality, will change people’s minds and hearts, will prepare the way for a better world. (Writer Quotes) Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I’ve wrestled with my whole life. I think it’s a journey worth taking, really finding out who you are and what you do well. (Writer Quotes) Carrie’ was a pretty big-budget movie at a real studio, with a director that had already done a bunch of things and had some notoriety, and Stephen King was the writer. (Writer Quotes) A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don’t mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it’s a big book, there has to be more than one undertow. (Writer Quotes) I’m a writer. Now I’ve started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say. (Writer Quotes) There’s always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide. (Writer Quotes) I didn’t want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister. (Writer Quotes) The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur. (Writer Quotes) I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story needs room to grow and evolve. (Writer Quotes) The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the bills. (Writer Quotes) I was asked to be on ‘The Colbert Report’ last year as Big Bird and Oscar. But when we got there, we discovered they wanted both characters on at the same time. Stephen Colbert didn’t know one man plays them both. We called Joey Mazzarino, our head writer, who’s a very good puppeteer as well. He agreed to zip over and do Oscar. (Writer Quotes) Having gone through the [Marvel] writer program, I knew Black Panther was in the pipeline and I knew they were big fans of my writing. But I had to compete with the other writers who were put up for it - no one hands out jobs. (Writer Quotes) I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and attended many trials . . . from Hell’s Angels, Black Panthers and Chicano street fighters to Roxanne Pulitzer and even Richard Nixon, back in the good old days before he was run out of the White House for fraud, perjury, graft, and criminal negligence. (Writer Quotes) Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice - a black male doing it all, back when some people thought he shouldn’t. One reason I do all the things I do is to break stereotypes that people can only do certain things. (Writer Quotes) Every writer has their rituals. For me, it’s morning walks along the beach. And then, in my study I have a huge painting of the Black Madonna hung over my desk, and quite a few pictures of Mary around me for inspiration. (Writer Quotes) At some point if you’re a professional writer, no matter what, it always comes down to you staring at the blank page by yourself. (Writer Quotes) It’s a neat experience to go from the blank page to an actor elevating it to the audience understanding it - the full life of that is why I became a writer. (Writer Quotes) A writer is very much like the captain on a star ship facing the unknown. When you face the blank page and you have no idea where you’re going. It can be terrifying, but it can also be the adventure of a lifetime. (Writer Quotes)

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