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It's pretty cool that artists like Flo Rida and Bingo Players can be inspired to interpret a song like 'Piano in the Dark' in completely new genres. As an artist and writer, it's the highest compliment we can be paid.
Brenda Russell
Song
Dark
Compliment
Pretty
Inspired
Piano
Writer
Highest
New
Like
Genres
Artist
Artists
Paid
Cool
Bingo
Interpret
Players
Hope E. L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is a writer's dream.
Bret Easton Ellis
Hope
Christian
Think
Dream
Writer
Screen
Being
Want
James
Grey
Really
Novels
Her
Adapt
I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it.
Bret Easton Ellis
Me
Book
People
Reading
Believe
Later
Intrigued
Out
Angeles
No Idea
Somewhat
Writer
Outside
Had
Idea
Read
Still
Los
Los Angeles
Years
Than
Going
Anyone
Less
Zero
Amused
Andrew Gurland is so precise and, again, such an amazing writer, but then he's also really honest with himself and what he is seeing.
Brett Gelman
Amazing
Andrew
Seeing
Writer
He
Also
Himself
Precise
Again
Then
Really
Honest
I knew I would always be an artist, but when you move to Nashville, this is a writer's town. I moved here to focus on that and started pitching demos and immediately was asked to be an artist.
Brett Young
You
Focus
Immediately
Would
Writer
Knew
Town
Always
Nashville
Demos
Artist
Move
Pitching
Moved
Asked
Here
Started
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.
Brian Aldiss
Component
Writer
Part
Well
Identity
Always
Am
Integral
Integral Part
Being
Regarded
Published
It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.
Brian Aldiss
Work
Creativity
Matter
Become
Own
Easy
Staying
Tougher
Writer
Generating
Much
Comparatively
Resisting
It's amazing to me: when people start their career, you write about maybe a couple of topics, and you find that as you grow older, a lot of those topics never resolve, because I think your job as a writer is to pose questions as you see them. I don't know if we're supposed to give answers to people, because I don't know if we have any.
Brian Fallon
Me
You
People
Amazing
Job
Older
Think
Resolve
Those
Topics
Find
See
About
Give
Write
Writer
Never
Supposed
Know
Couple
Because
Answers
Lot
Questions
Any
Maybe
Them
Your
Grow
Start
Career
Pose
I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.
Brian Herbert
Time
Think
Writer
Along
Up
Get
Going
Dad
Growing
Growing Up
Actually
By The Time
As much as I'm enjoying stuff out here in Hollywood, I will always think of myself as a comic-book writer who does film and television, not a film and TV writer who occasionally does comics.
Brian K. Vaughan
Myself
Will
Think
Television
Out
Out Here
TV
Writer
Stuff
Occasionally
Does
Always
Comics
Hollywood
Much
Who
Film
Film And Television
Film And TV
Enjoying
Here
Being a writer involves writing. You've got to commit to sitting down and writing instead of Xbox or Netflix.
Brian Keene
You
Writing
Down
Netflix
Writer
Instead
Involves
Got
Commit
Sitting
Being
A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!
Brian Lumley
Wonderful
Critic
Would
Someone
Only
Could
Write
Writer
He
Been
Literary
Loves
Show
Who
I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the morning and then going to sleep that night with something that did not exist.
Brian McKnight
Love
Morning
Before
Musician
Something
Writer
Performer
Am
Exist
Up
Waking
Waking Up
Did
Going
Being
Then
Night
Sleep
When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you.
Brian Moore
Work
You
Inside
See
Writer
Longer
Always
Freshness
Normal
Normal Person
Person
Figures
Things
Two
There's an attitude that I have where I bring the art to the table and the writer brings the writing to the table, but neither of us brings the story to the table. The story is something that only happens with the combination of both of us.
Brian Stelfreeze
Attitude
Art
Writing
Neither
Table
Something
Only
Both
Writer
Combination
Where
Happens
Story
Us
Bring
Brings
The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen.
Bruce Coville
Teacher
Time
Remember
Seriously
Long
First
Thinking
Gave
Our
Seventeen
Would
Write
Writer
Long Story
Like
Period
First Time
Becoming
Doing
Came
Grade
Sixth
Loved
Story
Us
Working
Extended
Started
Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders.
Bruce Coville
Teacher
People
Other
Way
Jobs
Able
Writer
Had
Along
Like
Most
Toy
Became
Maker
Becoming
Line
Salesman
Selling
Stories
Worked
Worker
Many
Assembly
Assembly Line
Including
Elementary
Eventually
Away
Right
Right Away
Start
Second
Fourth
I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I just got carried away! I think some of my best writing is in the short story form, but novels come more naturally to me.
Bruce Coville
Best
Me
Writing
Think
Carried
Out
Some
More
Fact
Tend
Writer
Come
Got
Short
Just
In Fact
Form
Stories
Short Stories
Short Story
Story
Naturally
Novel
Novels
Away
Started
I started trying to be a writer and failed for years. I tried novels, short stories, sitcoms, movies, plays, anything. And then, to support myself, I had millions of jobs on the fringes of show business.
Bruce Eric Kaplan
Myself
Business
Jobs
Tried
Writer
Had
Support
Failed
Years
Trying
Sitcoms
Short
Stories
Anything
Short Stories
Movies
Then
Show
Show Business
Novels
Started
Millions
Plays
I was trying to be a writer, and I was kind of getting sidetracked, so I started doing cartoons as a form of expression.
Bruce Eric Kaplan
Sidetracked
Kind
Cartoons
Writer
Doing
Trying
Getting
Form
Expression
Started
Every writer dreams of writing a book that will touch people.
Bruce Feiler
Dreams
Book
People
Writing
Will
Every
Touch
Touch People
Writer
I'm a schoolteacher and a writer. So that's what I do.
Bruce Jackson
Writer
Schoolteacher
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
Bryan Adams
Time
You
People
Better
Social Media
Clever
Aim
Honing
Lyric
Spent
Giant
Distraction
Both
Exceptional
Writer
Songwriter
However
Ultimate
Than
Craft
Which
Social
Fantastic
Then
Your
Who
Tweet
Media
Things
From time to time, just about every 'Vanity Fair' writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.
Bryan Burrough
Time
Rights
Book
Every
Vanity
Vanity Fair
About
Writer
Fair
Sell
Article
From Time To Time
Just
Hollywood
Chance
I couldn't enjoy 'A Dance With Dragons,' unfortunately. Of course, I enjoyed it, but it was the first of the books I read as a writer on 'Game of Thrones,' so all I could do is think, 'We're going to have to shift that,' 'We won't be able to afford that,' or 'That's a great scene.'
Bryan Cogman
Great
Game
Dance
First
Enjoy
Think
Books
Able
Scene
Could
Writer
Read
Course
Shift
Afford
Going
Unfortunately
Game Of Thrones
Enjoyed
Dragons
I don't think of the characters as being good or bad because that doesn't help me as a writer.
Bryan Cogman
Good
Me
Think
Characters
Bad
Writer
Because
Being
Help
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