Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well.
V. S. Naipaul
Related If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail messag... JIM RASH There's still only maybe three female writers or two female writers to 10 guys in any kind of wr... KAY CANNON I think that reading is always active. As a writer, you can only go so far; the reader meets you hal... RUTH REICHL I try my best to confront situations because I know, at the end of the day, you can deal with it or ... JADA PINKETT SMITH Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that al... JOHN LE CARRE I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to se... ALEX FLINN Writing is the dragon that lives underneath my floorboards. The one I incessantly feed for fear it m... QUENTIN R. BUFOGLE But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television... PARMINDER NAGRA It used to be for writers that that six seasons and a movie thing, that's the holy grail as writ... NOAH HAWLEY She looked at the empty page, which remained blank, apart from the small wet dots from her tears, fo... VIRGINIA ALISON In some ways. I always feel between worlds, between cultures, and I think that's not necessarily... PATRICK NESS I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES The prejudice is still there, but it's breaking down. You have writers like Michael Chabon and T... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be inte... FRANçOIS MAURIAC I guess I'm just the kind of person who likes to do it all. It's fun to put on the writer... DREW GODDARD I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important th... CARRIE UNDERWOOD I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds ... KURT VONNEGUT It's hard to say goodbye to the streets. It's all how you do it. You can pass by and say, ... SNOOP DOGG When you criminalize something, only criminals can deal with it. When criminals deal with it, there&... DON WINSLOW Simon Cowell is tight. That's why he's so successful - he's able to keep his money to hi... NIALL HORAN I feel like I've got a novel in me somewhere, but that's something... I was just talking to ... COREY TAYLOR I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as... ANNA PAQUIN He's a man who... well, one of the great things about Shakespeare is that his characters are inc... JEREMY IRONS I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and charact... ERIC BROWN My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of ... MARY GARDEN Playwriting is the last great bastion of the individual writer. It's exciting precisely because ... JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the... JONATHAN DEE He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out or has some gi... ROBERT REDFORD An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyo... J. D. SALINGER I like that show 'Ray Donovan' - I'm obsessed with that. He's in Hollywood, he's... KIM GORDON I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character... ALAN BALL Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' was on constant shuffle throughout my childho... DANIEL BREAKER As a director, you can't stop a guy if he thinks something's hysterical, because if you do, ... EVAN GOLDBERG Perhaps it's because a writer lives in Brooklyn that he'd want to get away from it. It can b... DARIN STRAUSS Writers transform: they throw a hand grenade into the notion of reality that people carry around in ... JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the ... JOSS WHEDON I think, as an artist, you have to have experienced some deep turmoil, some kind of pain, because th... JILL SCOTT I think the key is that nothing's ever perfect and you've got to be able to go with change. ... BEN SAVAGE There's a certain amount of pain and heartache that goes with being the mother of a star and tha... GEORGIA HOLT Keep going on hikes, keep having your friends in your life, keep that downtime sacred as well becaus... DIANNA AGRON It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people... LUPITA NYONG'O I have a website because it's an interesting tool, very - and quite unexpectedly - useful for my... JOHN HOWE God as 'He,' as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America,... PATTY GRIFFIN With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a pers... CHRIS BROWN I was always kind of serious. It's nice to be able to play a complete bad boy who's the pola... COLIN O'DONOGHUE Don't copy another writer's style, because that is not authentic, and that's how it will... DOUGLAS BRUNT My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria... VINCE VAUGHN It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like i... D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON I've had one experience of writer's block in my life, and it was living hell. It was a terro... ATHOL FUGARD Every treatment is a lie. If you care you cure. APURVA GAGLANI You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've be... KEANU REEVES Comedy can be, especially in a writer's room, really aggressive, kind of a very male-dominated r... ELLEN DEGENERES It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on t... JOHN LE CARRE Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover ... EDNA FERBER It's kind of a mystery to me, as far as my own life experiences and what I've witnessed - wh... ANNETTE BENING Something that bothered people about 'Dawson's Creek' but as a writer, I kind of dug: wr... ROB THOMAS Joe Mauer's the real deal. He is absolutely wonderful. Not only is he a great player, but he'... HARMON KILLEBREW I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't li... ZADIE SMITH Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs... STEVE JOBS We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have to deal with children&... RINGO STARR I get so disenfranchised reading the news, because global borders and lines we've created are co... EDDIE HUANG I like a little bit of a rough look because it's sexy. But when a man has a rough look, and he g... CAMILA ALVES I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation t... JOAN DIDION Me not being able to play the way that I can play, that's when you kind of know it's that ti... CHAUNCEY BILLUPS As a writer, you sit around a computer all day, and it's too easy to open another tab and keep R... EVAN DAUGHERTY To me there is nothing that goes against nature. If it seems incomprehensible, it's only because... RICHARD MATHESON Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities. ANTHONY HOPKINS Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek f... WILLIAM BLAKE To me, Garth, he's kind of like my guardian angel. It's like every time I need some help, he... CHRIS LEDOUX Empathy begins with understanding life from another person's perspective. Nobody has an objectiv... STERLING K. BROWN There's no writer's block; there's only distraction. CAROLYN CHUTE There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can'... IRWIN REDLENER I define poetry as celebration and confrontation. When we witness something, are we responsible for ... YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA I look at my voice and my abilities as a gift. I don't feel that I can even take any credit for ... EMMYLOU HARRIS Terrorists are people, too - they are given to error. Naipaul and then DeLillo do a good job in thei... KARAN MAHAJAN If you have a difficult marriage, it's the hard times that make it better. If you have a relatio... KERRY STOKES It's important to experience as many parts of an organization as you can - because some day, you... ADENA FRIEDMAN But if you have a point of view and you're an artist or a writer, it's kind of crazy to not ... DAVID LLOYD You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It... ADAM BROWN All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famin... FLEA It's funny because I think it also goes very well with the show. It has this reputation as being... CAROLINE DHAVERNAS V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good - and I like to g... ZACHARY KNIGHTON It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that'... HALSEY As a producer, I try to bring as many nice people as I can to insure that there's no screaming, ... LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were ... LEON EDEL Duane lived life right on the edge. If you ever read Goethe's Faust, Duane Allman was very much ... BUTCH TRUCKS But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there's a demon there, and it goes back to her... DAVID GEST I'm not going to get into the writer's skills or what he was trying to portray because that&... TAYLOR DANE The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that... MALCOLM TURNBULL On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them hav... CONOR OBERST When a series is doing well, it's very tempting to keep writing it, even when the creative well ... KELLEY ARMSTRONG It's amazing to me that Glenn Beck can be on the cover of 'Time,' and there can be a who... VIGGO MORTENSEN It's one thing to play a character that's fictitious - it's quite another to play somebo... SHERILYN FENN I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don't want people to think that ... MICHELLE OBAMA I have found, in my life experience with President Trump, when he's out there himself and he'... ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film ca... GAEL GARCIA BERNAL I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been ... OLIVER STONE The visuals are equally as important as the music. It's all a complete experience. ANDRA DAY Playing characters who are wonderful and beautiful is hard because you don't feel like that most... HANS MATHESON
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SCHWAB As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enou... V. E. SCHWAB I'm pagan. V. E. SCHWAB It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out ma... V. E. SCHWAB It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it. V. E. SCHWAB I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. I... V. E. SCHWAB I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I hav... V. E. SCHWAB So many people think that if you're writing fantasy, it means you can just make everything up as... V. E. SCHWAB I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across ... KING GEORGE V Nothing is wasted. E. V. LUCAS Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its language... E. V. LUCAS The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue. E. V. LUCAS You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. E. V. LUCAS The art of life is to show your hand. E. V. LUCAS There are two words for everything. E. V. LUCAS There is no diplomacy like candor. E. V. LUCAS There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. E. V. LUCAS Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception. E. V. LUCAS There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy. E V LUCAS Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them. ANDREW V. MASON Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do. GEORGE V. HIGGINS Evolution is all about passing on the genome to the next generation, adapting and surviving through ... HARVEY V. FINEBERG Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father. H. V. WADE It's counterproductive to lower my price, because I have to sell more units to make up for that ... 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LUCAS Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling o... ANDREW V. MADSON Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage an... JAMES V. FORRESTAL You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against ... E. V. COOKE Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps ... HAROLD V MELCHERT Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise. E. V. COOKE Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist. GEORGE V. HIGGINS Every sign is subject to the criteria of ideological evaluation. The domain of ideology coincides wi... V. N. VOLOSINOV Oh, trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it. And it isn't the fac... E. V. COOKE Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel. V. 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[Fr., La critique est aisee, et l'art est difficile.] PHILLIPE V. DESTOUCHES I have no country to fight for: my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. EUGENE V. DEBS Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of... ANDREW V. MASON While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it. ... EUGENE V. DEBS Behind every successful man, there is a woman; and behind her there is envy... ANKALA V SUBBARAO CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the ... MARK V. HURD We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same... RICHARD V. ALLEN The 'transition' involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent tim... RICHARD V. ALLEN My breakthrough was when I began to write during my commute, at first taking notes on my Palm Pilot,... PETER V. BRETT I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. EUGENE V. DEBS I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth throug... KING GEORGE V Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and ... V. E. SCHWAB A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of wa... HERBERT V. PROCHNOW Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of gov... RICHARD V. ALLEN Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command ... RICHARD V. ALLEN There have been discussions of doing 'The Demon Cycle' on both large and small screen scale,... PETER V. BRETT Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton... RICHARD V. ALLEN Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for ... EUGENE V. DEBS Valek coalesced from the shadows and wrapped me in his long lean arms. I soaked in his musky smell, ... MARIA V. SNYDER Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repeti... HARVEY V. FINEBERG The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molec... C. V. RAMAN When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by ocean... C. V. RAMAN At the same time, the Reagan Administration assured that the main elements of policymaking were in t... RICHARD V. ALLEN It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of... C. V. RAMAN When you're dealing with a problem as complex as autism, you have to look at it from many differ... HARVEY V. FINEBERG In this context, I believe it is an imperative for the new President to select and install his team ... RICHARD V. ALLEN Processes break in two ways. They break because they don't have the right checks and balances an... MARK V. HURD I love being new places and hate getting there, and have been known to say on multiple occasions tha... V. E. SCHWAB Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance. KING GEORGE V The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And... JOHN V. CHENEY I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world. EUGENE V. DEBS Nature is the best Time-keeper. ANKALA V SUBBARAO {Debbs' letter to EUGENE V. DEBS We don't take orders from you, Sergeant." Quain said. "Your man tried to assassinate-" "He isn'... MARIA V. SNYDER Perhaps I am broken , he conceded silently, but broken bones heal stronger, and I will have... PETER V. BRETT Modern Americans are so exposed, peered at, inquired about, and spied upon as to be increasingly wit... EDWARD V. LONG I'm old, I'm used to crummy service, I'm trained to get crummy service. To me, the fact ... MARK V. HURD When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them. H. V. PROCHNOW We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses. H. V. ADOLT When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are
smarter than they are. HAROLD V MELCHERT Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps ... HAROLD V MELCHERT You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. KING GEORGE V The caterpillar becomes a pupa to meditate and then becomes a butterfly ANKALA V SUBBARAO With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our ... ELAINE V. EMANS Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 Let the Gospels speak. Of what I have learnt fr... E. V. RIEU