“Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated.” KnowsWritingYearsWellsFiveLuckyBrilliantJust OneScreenplays Author:Patrick Marber
“I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.” ThinkingWritingI CanStoriesFilmTalentBrilliantShort StoryJust Do ItFilm Writing Author:Samantha Morton
“I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a creative writing class, all I could say to them was 'I tend to make it up as I go along.' I'm not sure that's brilliant advice.” IfsThinkingWritingBookClassCreativeAdviceApproachBrilliantNot SureCreative WritingSuitable Author:Ian Rankin
“It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing.” PeopleGivingWritingKindRealAbleSongThreeDrawsPopsBrilliantChordsGreat PeoplePop Song Author:Regina Spektor
“When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own that's crude and not as good.” WantWritingTryingLastsBrilliantCrude Author:Regina Spektor
“Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.” WritingCharacterActorsBrilliantCombinationGreat Character Author:Brad Falchuk
“I've just surfaced from spending several days in a state of rapture: I was reading a book... I felt alive and engaged and positively brilliant, bursting with ideas, brimming with memories of other books I've loved.” WritingBookIdeasStatesReadingFeltMemoriesAliveSpendingBrilliantEngagedPositivelyRaptureBursting Author:Nora Ephron
“People complain of the unequal distribution of wealth [but it is a far greater] injustice that any one man should have the power to write so many brilliant essays... There is no one who writes like [Thomas Huxley].” PeopleThinkingMenShouldWritingWealthGreaterShould HaveInjusticeBrilliantComplainingOne ManEssaysDistributionHuxleyDistribution Of Wealth Author:Charles Darwin
“A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it's all you've got, unless you're brilliant and can write totally in the now.” WritingUseArtistMemoriesPoetBrilliantProseSongwritersUsing Me Author:Paul McCartney