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I think I'm a good writer. I think I have my own voice, which is unique to everyone - everyone has their own voice; if they would just write from a vulnerable embarrassing place, it's going to be universal, and it's going to be entertaining. Because everyone is the same, and everyone is unique. Nicole Holofcener
Good Own Think Everyone Embarrassing Would Entertaining My Own Voice Write Writer Good Writer Because Vulnerable Same Going Just Place Which Unique Universal
I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer. Nicole Krauss
You Long Live Think Both Long Period Writer Over Period Reader Course Houses Them Novels
The more freedom I allow myself as a writer to wander, become lost and go into uncertain territory - and I am always trying to go to the more awkward place, the more difficult place - the more frightening it is, because I have no plan. Nicole Krauss
Myself Freedom Become Lost Difficult Uncertain More Writer Allow Because Territory Always Am Go Frightening Trying Wander Place Plan Awkward
There is a variety of different kind of producers. I'm a very hands-on, creative producer. I find material that I think would make a good movie or TV show, find the right financier/studio/network, hire a writer, get a good script, find a director, and collaborate with him/her to cast the movie and hire department heads. Nina Jacobson
Good Director Creative Think Collaborate Good Movie Kind TV Would Find TV Show Good Script Variety Cast Writer Heads Make Material Hire Very Get Department Hands-On Different Movie Script Different Kind Producer Producers Show Right
I don't know any writer of fiction who enjoys trying to point out or dissect whatever they produced with strangers and let them go through it and pick apart what's real and what isn't. Noah Baumbach
Whatever Strangers Out Point Through Writer Pick Know Real Go Trying Any Fiction Apart Them Produced Who Dissect
It's hard to find a writer that really understands the intricacies of flirting and the development of love, the development of getting to know someone, the development of chemistry in real life. Noah Centineo
Life Love Chemistry Real Life Find Someone Writer Development Know Understands Real Getting Really Hard Flirting
My father was a writer and an acting teacher. Noah Hathaway
Teacher Father Writer Acting
Having written for film and television, I had little interest in turning 'The Good Father' into a Hollywood thriller. I was writing a novel, and novels demand that the writer goes deeper, both emotionally and thematically. Noah Hawley
Good Writing Father Television Having Thriller Both Writer Had Emotionally Written Demand Goes Interest Little Hollywood Turning Novel Novels Film Good Father Deeper Film And Television
I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the end draft. Noah Hawley
Myself First Sit Down See Pretty Something Write Writer End Close Draft
My mom never went to college, so she just assumed the writer identity, and that was always really inspiring to me. It's not something you need nine levels of education for. It's really an identity that you claim for yourself, and then you have to make yourself one. Noah Hawley
Education Mom Me You Yourself College Assumed Nine Claim Something Inspiring Writer Never She Identity Make Always Just Then Really Levels Need
My first motion capture game was with Sony - 'NBA: The Life.' It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he was the writer and director. He had a real vision of what this game was meant to be; it was a basketball game where I was the Jerry Maguire sports agent type guy. And it was great! Nolan North
Life Time Great Game Director Sports Vision First Type Guy Writer Had He Sony Motion Real Very Where Agent Meant Meant To Be Capture NBA Jerry Basketball
I don't have writer's block, really. I do have times when I can't get the lead, and that is the only part of the story which I have serious trouble with. I don't write a word of the article until I have the lead. It just sets the whole tone - the whole point of view. Nora Ephron
Word Trouble Sets Only Point Point Of View Write Writer Lead Part Until Block Times Article Get Just Story Which Really View Whole Serious Tone
A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed.' Norman Lindsay
Saying Women Men Men And Women See About Writer Had Trousers Without Waist His Goes Who Exposed Creatures Below Presents
When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum with money. Norman Spinrad
You Money Walk States Writer Got Bum Bank
I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like to be compared to a filthy writer. O. Henry
Life Word My Life Filthy Writer Never Like Wrote Well Been American Compared
A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a young writer to think you're been very clear when in fact you haven't. Octavia E. Butler
You Young Think Way Easy Fact Writer Clear Sure Audience Making Renting Been Very In Fact Communicating Workshop
No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly. Octavia E. Butler
Business Slow Long Slowly Write Writer Well Doing Very Even Novel
Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it. Omari Hardwick
Better Everything Better Actor Poetry Writer Almost Feel Like Because Am Actor Foundation
When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end. Orhan Pamuk
Happiness Happy Humanity World Other Everyone Books Focused Writer Read Because Reads Am Istanbul End Same Any In The End Your Languages Whole
The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you. Orson Scott Card
Life Hope You Experience Training Will Important Other Everything Though No Hope Inventing Writer Come Most Questioning The Most Important Explanations Multiple Things
I'm a first - I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist. I was really interested in piano and sort of discovered that I was a writer when I was about 13 and started writing. Ottessa Moshfegh
Music Mom Family Writing School First Met States Croatia Born About Pianist Piano Writer Sort First-Person Discovered Iran Up Person Grew Interested Really Belgium Dad United United States Started
One of the hopes we have when we hear or read an interview with a mystery writer is to get inside the writer's head, to learn something we didn't know before. Otto Penzler
Before Interview Hopes Inside Something Mystery Writer Head Know Learn Read Hear Get
I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with. P. J. Harvey
Work Day Great Every Day Try Blessed Every Say Inspiration Writer Feel Particularly Concerned Where Really Hard Things
'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. P. J. Soles
Director King Carrie Some Pretty Writer Had Studio Stephen King Real Bunch Done Movie Notoriety Things
I have no discipline, which is a horrible flaw for any writer. Once I'm well started on a project, though, then I'm addicted to it all day long. When it's done, I collapse and have to really kick myself to start a new one. P. N. Elrod
Myself Day Discipline Long Addicted Project Kick Once Collapse All Day Though Horrible Writer New Well New One Any Done Which Flaw Then Really Start Started
I learned so much from my life as an actor, as a kid actor through being an adult actor, and then becoming a writer and producer and doing animation. Pamela Adlon
Life My Life Kid Through Writer Adult Animation Learned Becoming Doing Being Then Much Producer Actor
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