When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.
Richard Russo
Related I'm one of those people who has to write. If I don't write, I feel itchy and depressed and c... LIBBA BRAY I write literary, not commercial, fiction - or so I've been told by my publishers who are proud ... TAWNI O'DELL There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. BEN MEZRICH I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to b... TED CHIANG Let those who will - write the nation's laws - if I can write its textbooks. PAUL SAMUELSON There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. An... DAVID BRIN If there's going to be another Misfits record, I'd probably have to write the stuff. GLENN DANZIG I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write ... BRUCE VILANCH Here's something I probably shouldn't be saying: I never listen to my soundtrack albums beca... HANS ZIMMER When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness. KARIN SLAUGHTER Drummers don't write - or at least, that's what everybody believes. TONY WILLIAMS There are people who think it's easier to write books in verse, and it's definitely not. ELLEN HOPKINS It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I fin... BRUCE COCKBURN I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES Anyone can write a detective story about a detective who fails, for Pete's sake. That's pret... MARK WAID Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day. E. L. JAMES Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Every time I write 'Stephanie Plum', it's going to be Katherine Heigl's face there. JANET EVANOVICH It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it'... JACK LEMMON I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's script... DEREK CIANFRANCE It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative cro... BARRY MANN Each day I feel a little differently; some times I try to write something that's fictitious and ... JOSH TURNER A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you&... DAVID ORTIZ I can write ten or twelve screenplays in the time it takes me to write one novel. This allows me to ... BENJAMIN PERCY Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to. CARL CLINTON VAN DOREN If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better... BRIAN WILSON If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. Ther... COREY TAYLOR I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or st... TOM PERROTTA It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because... NATALIE IMBRUGLIA There's never really been a time when vampires weren't so over that you would be crazy to wr... HOLLY BLACK My wonderful editor, Jackie Onassis, asked me to write a book that I wanted to write. I said, 'L... JUDITH JAMISON The simple idiot's advice I give to screenwriters who say they want to sell a screenplay is, ... HAROLD RAMIS In the best works of fiction, there's no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where e... LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays. BETH HENLEY People say if bees die out, the world would end, apparently. Now, I don't know if that's tru... KARL PILKINGTON The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. GEORGE W. BUSH Oh yeah, we all write. That's what's great about when you have basics in piano. CAROLINE CORR I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand peop... ANN HOOD There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and... BILL CONTI I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and charact... ERIC BROWN A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't... BRIAN SELZNICK If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average... DEREK WALCOTT I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a s... BLAKE BAILEY I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in... J. K. ROWLING I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write anoth... JOHN HUGHES I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice,... DENIS LEARY I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are... ERIC CLAPTON I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write any... COREY TAYLOR It's way easier to write for other people. Yourself isn't in it. When you write for yourself... SAM DEW Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that a... DEB CALETTI I don't want to write any more screenplays, I'll tell you that right now. It's a waste o... ELMORE LEONARD It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours... SIDNEY SHELDON I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that'... AUGUST WILSON What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for... FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, she's inspiring.... GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move th... DON MARQUIS I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna plea... KID ROCK It's not hard to write poorly. But to write something good, it has to be revised. JOYCE CAROL OATES I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or... DONALD MILLER When I write a play, and we read it for the first time, the great fear is that everybody is going to... TRACY LETTS I don't write shows with dialogue where actors have to memorize dialogue. I write the scenes whe... LARRY DAVID For me, directing a film is like confining myself. I want to do something beyond direction. I can co... PAWAN KALYAN If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not f... CALVIN TRILLIN When you realize my best selling books are 'Owl Moon,' the 'How Do Dinosaur' books, ... JANE YOLEN You're always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you're feeling, things th... HARRY STYLES There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, 'Well, okay, I'm go... DOUGLAS ADAMS When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself. IWAN RHEON Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing t... GWENDOLYN BROOKS It's a wonderful thing to write for children. JOHN BOYNE I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, ... KAREN THOMPSON WALKER I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's... RAY CHARLES Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true. CARRIE BROWNSTEIN You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's... CHRIS ROCK Here's the deal: You can't go in with the intent that, 'All right, we're gonna write... RICKEY MEDLOCKE It's usually a big kind of vent of frustration or anger or sadness that puts me in the right fra... ELLIE GOULDING Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn'... MITCH ALBOM I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I... NATHANIEL RICH I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write musi... DONALD GLOVER If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don'... MARY GARDEN If you write a book that's as powerful and successful as 'Bastard,' there's a strong... DOROTHY ALLISON Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write ... BILL CALLAHAN I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to me... R. KELLY When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife... OM PURI Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly.... JENNIFER EGAN My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I... HARLAN COBEN Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money. DARREN SHAN One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue ... ANTHONY BROWNE I've never written anything that I haven't wanted to write again. I want to, and still am, w... AARON SORKIN I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can... BO BURNHAM I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town. SAMMY CAHN In my early twenties, that's when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, ... PAULA FOX I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody... ROBERT M. PIRSIG What's really fun is to write under different names. TOM VERLAINE It's a friendly act to write a lighthearted book. LYDIA MILLET I resent it when they write the part of a woman who's just a sexy femme fatale who seduces peopl... TERI GARR
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FILIPE RUSSO A matéria ciliada dos objetos balançava ora movendo-os, ora sugando o vigor de uma presa qualquer. FILIPE RUSSO A internet e seus súditos derrubarão cada muro de Berlim. FILIPE RUSSO Rio rios. FILIPE RUSSO Durante tanto tempo adormecido, me acumulando no fundo do rio, neste leito de morte eu desperto do t... FILIPE RUSSO The most expensive item on the menu is the prime rib at $15.95, but that's a big piece of prime rib. JOSIE RUSSO We made it look as Italian as we could inside. JOSIE RUSSO We added a huge kitchen to the place. It used to be a drive-through. JOSIE RUSSO We love it. This is something that we just love doing. JOSIE RUSSO She comes every day to practice and works real hard. She's a great kid. She gets a lot of offensive ... JOE RUSSO It's been a work in progress but they're starting to understand things. JOE RUSSO It's been great. I'm enjoying myself. We've had some bumps in the road but for me it's been a normal... JOE RUSSO They've really tried. They're trying to buy into what we're trying to do. We've had many more good p... JOE RUSSO You can save more than 8 percent at a sale anyway. JOE RUSSO Our whole dynamic is kind of based around that push and pull. Marco is a very skilled jazz musician ... JOE RUSSO We listen to a lot of Bon Jovi. No seriously, we were just listening to Slippery When Wet on the Bus... JOE RUSSO We thought about playing at Southern Maine Community College, but that didn't work out. We also coul... JOE RUSSO The players were disappointed that we couldn't play. It was the right decision. We would have risked... JOE RUSSO This was not an act of God. The negligence is pretty clear cut. JOE RUSSO He was going on contact. [Garcia] did a great job keeping us off balance. We were waiting for someon... PAT RUSSO I really thought this was a game we could have won but again we had too many defensive lapses and co... 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RICHARD BACH You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. RICHARD BACH Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting a... RICHARD BACH Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your unders... RICHARD BACH I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities ... RICHARD HAMMOND All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds. RICHARD BRAUTIGAN No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how... RICHARD JEFFERIES Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it. My teachers thought... RICHARD BRANSON Basically, what you really want to do is try to engage the viewer's body relation to his thinkin... RICHARD SERRA I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and... RICHARD HOLBROOKE The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpilla... RICHARD BACH Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. RICHARD BACH If I never do another thing, I've met the good, sweet people of the world. RICHARD DAWSON I've had the most incredible luck in my career. RICHARD DAWSON 'Hogan's Heroes' lasted longer than the war. RICHARD DAWSON It's important to me that on 'Family Feud' I could kiss all the people. It sounds crazy ... RICHARD DAWSON I never dreamed I would have a job in which so many people could touch me and I could touch them. RICHARD DAWSON The thing that I loved about 'Feud,' we froze a moment in time for these families that had n... RICHARD DAWSON They kept us on the air probably a year more than they should have. RICHARD DAWSON There were people I know that got upset that I kissed people; I kissed them for luck and love, that&... RICHARD DAWSON The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go... RICHARD DAWSON You wouldn't want to move if you sat next to me on the bus. Or maybe you would. RICHARD DAWSON It's wonderful to win, but don't get cocky about it! RICHARD DAWSON And I asked my mother about it; I said, 'Is there something wrong?' She said, 'God... Go... RICHARD DAWSON God bless all the little children in the world. RICHARD DAWSON About 30 million people see me every week - I'm a happy man. RICHARD DAWSON Be nice to each other. You can make a whole day a different day for everybody. RICHARD DAWSON I abhor grades - if a child does his best, that's all that should be asked. RICHARD DAWSON Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand. RICHARD MASUR You have to give access to people with disabilities but there is no requirement to hire them. What I... 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