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Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.
What I loved most about calling myself a reporter was that it gave me an excuse to show up anyplace.
The fact is, I don’t know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn’t collapse when you beat your head against it.
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
If the sex scene doesn’t make you want to do it — whatever it is they’re doing — it hasn’t been written right.
Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
A true author, no matter the medium, is an artist with godlike knowledge of his subject, and the proof of his authorship is that his pages smack of authority.
Ever heard of a carpenter not going to work because he has “carpenter’s block”? If a writer can’t write, it’s because he doesn’t really want to, he isn’t ready to get it on paper or he’s just plain lazy.
Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.
It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil, trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.
To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I’m writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I’m going to play for the opening sequence.

























