Quotes about Writer

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth, " the long out-of-print science fiction writer went on.

We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely unambitious writer and the really good unpublished poem are the things we lack most. There is of course the problem of sustenance

I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense. Still, you know, words mean more than we mean to express when we use them; so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer means. So, whatever good meanings are in the book, I'm glad to accept as the meaning of the book.

The second series is always my favourite as a writer/director; you can hit the ground running... so that's fun.

I think the best thing I ever did was, years before I got the 'Late Night' show, when I first got out to Los Angeles to be a television writer, the first thing I did was I signed up to take improvisational classes... And I studied that for years, and I really loved it.

I always wanted to be a film-maker when I was younger, not an actor. I was an eight-year-old who dreamed of being a writer on 'The Simpsons,' which was a weird dream to have. But I started taking acting classes as a way to learn how to direct actors and I sort of fell in love with it.

I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring on a co-teacher, but I'll still be a pastor and a writer.

Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.

The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of his condition.

The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.

Well, everyone in my family is a writer. There is a big contribution on the script level by everyone.