A lot of writers want everything put on screen, but it doesn't work like that. The screenwriter brings her own imaginative interpretation, just as the director and actors do. Susan Hill actorbringdirector Change image and share on social
A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds. That we will be pushed out on to the stage, and it will be revealed that the emperor has no clothes. Damon Lindelof admirecallclothe share on social
A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a song, what I usually do is work the lyric out first from some basic idea that I had, and then I get an acoustic guitar and I sit by the tape recorder and I try to bang it out as it comes. Pete Townshend acousticairplanebang share on social
A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape. Jonathan Ames actionformlandscape Change image and share on social
A lot of writing's going down dead ends that don't go anywhere. Andrew Dominik deadendlot Change image and share on social
A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect. George R. R. Martin bindeffectlot Change image and share on social
A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all. Charlotte Rampling actorlotrun Change image and share on social
A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even Roald Dahl could switch-hit, and not for lack of trying. Lev Grossman adultauthordahl Change image and share on social
A lot of young chefs today get carried away by trends, by influences, by movements. Daniel Boulud carrychefinfluence Change image and share on social