“There are no trashy writers, only trashy readers.”
Tom Conti - Gowan McGland

“- Karen Eiffel: Excuse me, where are the dying people? Most of these people are sick or injured. Is there any way to see the people who aren't going to get better? I'd like to see the dead-for-sure ones.
- Head ER Nurse: I'm sorry, are you suffering from anything?
- Karen Eiffel: Just writer's block.”
Emma Thompson - Karen Eiffel
Cheryl Lynn Bruce - Head ER Nurse

“- Gilderoy Lockhart: Books can be misleading...
- Harry Potter: You wrote them!
- Gilderoy Lockhart: My dear boy, do use your common sense! My books wouldn't have sold half as well if people didn't think I'd done all those things!”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Gilderoy Lockhart
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter

“Many writers do everything in their power to insulate themselves from the common man, from where they live, from where they trade, from where they fight and love and converse and... and... so naturally their work suffers and regresses into empty formalism.”
John Turturro - Barton Fink

“It has to be a playwright who writes thrillers because, I don't know, Arthur Miller probably has old sample cases hanging on the wall.”
Christopher Reeve - Clifford Anderson