2369 Writer Quotes for You to Enjoy

I got into writing to become a 'Star Trek' writer. I was a rabid fan. I had shelves and shelves and shelves of action figures in my bedroom that scared away more dates than I care to admit to. Bryan Fuller

The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work. Bryce Courtenay

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I didn't get into the music business because somebody made me take piano lessons, you know. I got into music because I was a natural writer and had a lot of curiosity about sound. Buffy Sainte-Marie

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't. Caitlyn Jenner

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I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face. Caleb Carr

I certainly derived my skills as a prose writer from my scrutiny of poetry and of the individual word. But schools don't do things like that anymore - tracking words down to their roots. Camille Paglia

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There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block. Carl Hiaasen

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I'm a writer, not a genre. Carlos Fuentes

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As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think about that. Carlton Cuse

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I dabbled a little bit in the whole music thing but I've always thought about Bernie Taupin, who is Elton John's lyricist; Elton John is the great melody and song writer but Bernie Taupin is the one who writes all the lyrics. I don't write lyrics, and I never wanted to be in the music business if I was just going to be a puppet in it. Carmen Ejogo

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As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection. Carol Leifer

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I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?' Caroline Leavitt

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I call Algonquin Books 'the gods and goddesses of publishing.' Not only did they give me a career, they care deeply about every writer in their flock. Caroline Leavitt

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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. Caroll Spinney

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