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It used to be that what was going to be written on my tombstone was 'Benjamin Wittes, former 'Washington Post' editorial writer,' or 'Benjamin Wittes, who wasn't even a lawyer.' Now it's just, like, 'Benjamin Wittes, who's a friend of Jim Comey's.' Benjamin Wittes
Post Lawyer Jim Writer Written Like Editorial Friend Going Just Former Used Who Even Washington Washington Post Now Tombstone
I met Eva Ibbotson before I became a writer myself, and was in awe of her then. Berlie Doherty
Myself Met Before Writer Became Then Eva Awe Her
I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I'm reviewing a book or doing research. Beth Gutcheon
Love Book Research Unless Writer Never Read Became Because Doing Reviewing Get
I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am. Beverly Lewis
Writer Am Just Who
I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong. Bharati Mukherjee
Work Light Filters Kind Stay More Writer Feel Longer Empowered Very American Different Different Kind Belong Here
A writer is an artist. They're creating things out of thin air. Bibi Bourelly
Air Out Writer Artist Creating Thin Things
That's kind of my job in the writer's room. I'm always the guy going, like, 'People wouldn't say that there. They wouldn't say that.' Like, I hate when I watch sitcoms and something crazy happens, and people just kind of go, 'Huh?' and then they just go on. Bill Burr
Crazy Hate People Job Say Kind Something Guy Writer Like Always Go Sitcoms Huh Going Just Just Kind Happens Room Then Watch
If a writer I represent gets a bad or unfair review, I suffer. I'm upset and outraged and do everything I can to try and change that. But I would never do that on behalf of my own book because I wouldn't expect my writers to do that. Bill Clegg
Change Book Try Own Unfair Everything Bad Would My Own Outraged Writer Writers Never Because Review Expect Behalf Gets Represent Upset Suffer
I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer. Bill Griffith
Man Army Mother Father Writer Had Mixture Career
I kind of romanticized what it was like to be a writer and director when I was in my early twenties. Working as a production assistant knocked that right out of me. Bill Hader
Me Director Out Kind Writer Knocked Like Working Production Twenties Right Early Assistant
Cummings' career as a writer - and a painter - was as wobbly as his love life. He tried his hand at playwriting, satirical essays, and even a dance scenario for Lincoln Kirsten. Billy Collins
Life Love Love Life Dance Playwriting Tried Scenario Writer He Lincoln Wobbly His Hand Essays Painter Even Satirical Career
Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do - freedom of expression is something I celebrate. Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
Freedom Director Celebrate Something Writer Freedom Of Expression Any Artist Want Expression Right
I love Sherlock Holmes, but I love any of these old stories where the writer was paid by the word, so the adventures just continue forever. They are almost like they were meant to be read out loud. Biz Stone
Love Old Word Out Writer Almost Adventures Like Read Sherlock Sherlock Holmes Were Continue Loud Forever Any Just Where Stories Holmes Meant Meant To Be Paid
The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write. I could draw countless examples from the history of literature to show that the more a writer clamours for spiritual freedom, the more tendentious his work is liable to be. Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Work Freedom Spiritual History Word Every Liable Draw Examples More Purpose Could Write Writer Writers Countless His Very The History Of Literature Show Who Display Reject
In terms of moments that pushed me toward becoming a writer... My parents, my wife, and my English teacher in the 8th grade were all hugely supportive at moments during my development as a writer that were critical, where I might have quit when things got too hard. Blake Crouch
Teacher Me Wife Parents Too Critical Writer Pushed Development Toward Supportive Terms Becoming Got Were Hugely Grade Quit Where Might Hard English Moments English Teacher Things
My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have loved to have been a poet or a writer or something, and he was very creative. Bob Balaban
Business Creative School Poet Baby Would Born Something Writer He Him Were Been Very Loved Sent Successful Business School Dad
Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity. Bob Saget
You Hate Word Think Mime Find Writer Talent Offensive Celebrity Famous Wanna Want Mean Means Actor
I consider myself a writer who writes about American expatriates. And if I have any overt cause as a writer besides writing the best prose I can, it's to try to make Americans have a more visceral feeling about how America impacts everybody in the world. Bob Shacochis
Best Myself Writing World Cause Try Feeling Everybody Consider Visceral Besides Impacts About More Writer Writes Prose Make How America American Any Who
A whole bunch of agents and editors looked at my stories, and they all said, in effect, 'You're a pretty good writer and you should probably get these published; when you grow up and write a novel, get in touch.' Bob Shacochis
Good You Pretty Pretty Good Touch Write Writer Good Writer Looked Said Editors Effect Up Bunch Get Stories Agents Should Whole Novel Grow Grow Up Published
Memory is a powerful thing for a writer. Bobbie Ann Mason
Memory Writer Powerful Powerful Thing Thing
It's very hard to tell somebody how to write when they're so good, and they're a brilliant writer and a really good guy. Bonnie Hammer
Good Brilliant Somebody Tell Guy Write Writer How Very Really Hard Good Guy
I read stories aloud at every stage. I listen to my writer friends when they kindly offer criticism. I listen to my husband when he tells me something doesn't seem right. I have my mother's boyfriend, Loring Janes, read to make sure I get everything right with the machines and guns. Bonnie Jo Campbell
Me Mother Criticism Husband Stage Every Everything Machines Tells Kindly Guns Seem Something Writer He Aloud Make Read Sure Boyfriend Friends Offer Get Listen Stories Right
Having read my share of tell-alls over the year, including some that were passed off as autobiographies, I mostly feel sad - sometimes for the writer and sometimes for all the people in his way. I hope that the process of writing the tell-all gives some release and closure on what clearly was an unpleasant and unfulfilling life experience. Brad Feld
Sad Life Hope Experience People Writing Sometimes Year Way Release Unpleasant Life Experience Some Having Gives Writer Share Feel Clearly Over Mostly Read Passed Were His His Way Off Autobiographies Closure Process Including
I often get asked how I write so much. As any writer knows, the answer is to write a lot more than you actually publish. Brad Feld
You Publish More Write Writer Knows Answer How Lot Than Get Any Often Asked Much Actually
When I came to New York as a writer, I was taken with the idea that you're only getting in on bridges and ferries and through tunnels. The idea behind 'Takedown' is that it would be very hard to get out. Brad Thor
You Out Would Would-Be Only Through Writer Taken Idea New Came Very Get York Getting Behind New York Hard Bridges
I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them. Brandon Sanderson
Important Build Focal Find Outline Scenes Write Writer Generally Head Towards Am Them Who Works
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