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"Many of the socialist writers we so envy were quite pragmatic in the advocacy of the positions they hold."
"Comedy writers who cut their teeth working on the show...perhaps the most famous to fans is a man called John Swartzwelder."
"Just because you wouldn't make that decision doesn't mean the character wouldn't have the irony being that a writer told them that this character would make this decision and they bought it for that reason alone."
"What I want is to reach through the paper and grab the reader."
"The writer has absolutely zippo interest in theme, allegory, symbolism, politics, ethics, sexual roles, culture, or dramatic unity."
"Welcome to Miller time, a new segment on the show where we'll chronicle the ever-growing insanity of comic book writer Frank Miller."
"I was ready and eager for the next chapter in my life: marriage, a family, and learning to become a professional writer."
"But Tony is also a writer of astonishing range and profundity."
"The best thing about being a writer is choosing your own ending."
"This show was not originally meant to be a common writer."
"Yeah, my movie's coming along good. The writer I'm working with, Nate Davis, he uh, the dude's freaking incredible, very talented writer."
"He's a thinker, a skill synthesizer of large amounts of information, and a very graceful writer."
"She's such a fantastic writer and she looks really powerfully at gender and disability."
"According to some he's one of Australia's best writers, to others, he's best described as Australia's favorite communist."
"...she would have been a remarkable politician or psychologist or mapmaker or magician. But of course, because she was a writer, she was all of these and more."
"...Octavia Butler is one of the best sci-fi writers I have ever encountered."
"A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it."
"He would often write sitting at his desk, wearing a Japanese kimono, smoking cigarettes out of a jeweled holder."
"Become the best writer, mathematician, or whatever you want to be."
"She found her voice as a writer only when she had the courage to face what frightened her the most."
"Alexander Hamilton as a founder, a statesman, and one of America's best and most significant writers."
"The main thing after all for the writer is to be a writer."
"Neil Gaiman as a writer understands all of the nuance of structure and story and plot and character."
"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul."
"I think perhaps one day you could become a real writer. Oh, I would love that! Do you think I could? I know you could."
"To express truly what one has truly felt, that is to say, with those little expressive traits that testify one is speaking of one's own experience, is what really makes the great writer."
"You should be a fantasy writer, you should be, you already are sir."
"I went to Cheers. I did what you do on Cheers, same thing, writer, showrunner."
"The role of the writer today is to question."
"You just have to make this autistic decision to be like, 'Well, if I'm a writer, then my job ends the day I deliver a script.'"
"Would you be considered a writer?" "Yes."
"David wanted to be read. He wanted to be regarded as a writer."
"Maybe in 10 years, I'm a former comedian that people think of more as a writer. That would be a great goal."
"Just another writer who's been well utilized all across the board."
"David Fisher brought us 'Stones of Blood' and 'The Leisure Hive.'"
"Crowley was a fantastic writer and a fantastic storyteller."
"She is one of the most influential writers of our generation."
"I wanted to be an artist or a writer."
"This upcoming writer has aspirations of exploring the world."
"I think it's a writer's job to ask the difficult questions."
"I am utterly smitten; I think she is a tremendous writer."
"We are totally and exceptionally lucky to be joined by the acclaimed writer and director."
"He saw himself as a writer first and a singer second."
"I think playwrights are part writer and part kind of gregarious theater person."
"I find it tragic that a writer like Mavis Gallant, who's almost 90 years old and is truly one of the most brilliant writers who's ever lived, and nobody knows her."
"I live in the big city, but I'm a writer."
"She's a writer that makes you want to read again."
"This is why I'm thankful for Ian Flynn."
"I'm a freelance writer. I don't make a lot of money, but I make enough to get by."
"Writing a script is always an adventure. I always have the impression that I'm not the owner of the story I am writing, but rather the story chooses me."
"I think you're a reflector of your times if you're a writer."
"Ava Mendes is a successful mystery writer whose life changes when a long-lost relative of hers goes missing."
"He's the most dominant writer in the world."
"I think Dan Slott is one of the greatest Spider-Man writers of all time."
"Anything that's an RWC (Read Write Closer) is also a writer."
"I'm a big fan of Tom King, the writer, so I'm really looking forward to it."