As a writer, it's important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God. Amish Tripathi authorcriticgive Change image and share on social
As a writer, it's very difficult to just hand your script over to someone else, especially if you have to watch them hurt it, and that's when I decided I would direct my own work. Mike Binder decidedifficultdirect Change image and share on social
As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately. Julianna Baggott characterearintimately Change image and share on social
As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story. Jay Asher compelresponsibilitystory Change image and share on social
As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and a vague idea of how the scene might work, and you then add funny words or change the script. I'm not the world's best writer or the world's best actor, but I can do that thing where I can fix - or ruin - fix-slash-ruin, add quirk, add value. Sally Phillips actoraddchange share on social
As a writer no one's gonna tell me how to write, I'm gonna write the way I wanna write! Jacqueline Susann gonnawannawrite Change image and share on social
As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so. John Fusco bookcreativecreatively share on social
As a writer of colour, you have to be victim or perpetrator. Marlon James colourperpetratorvictim Change image and share on social
As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real. Julia Glass createdayfiction Change image and share on social
As a writer of fiction, lying is the central thing to all books. Jesse Ball bookcentralfiction Change image and share on social