Writing quotes

“- O'Brien: Smith? I have been reading your Newspeak articles in the Times.
- Winston Smith: Yes?
- O'Brien: You write it very elegantly. That is not my own opinion - I was recently talking to a friend of yours who is an expert.”
Richard Burton - O'Brien
Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith

“Dear Diary, I am writing in your bullshit pages because my shrink is crazier then I am. He thinks you're therapy.”
Annabella Sciorra - Annie Collins-Nielsen

“Whatever we write in this apartment stays in this apartment.”
Sir Sean Connery - William Forrester

“I'm a songwriter. I wrote this, and I recorded it with a buddy down in Bakersfield. He used to have a studio, but he's dead now. Yeah... somebody killed him for being selfish.”

C. Ernst Harth - Bearded Guy

“- Ron Steigler: Mr. Gardner my editors and I have been wondering if you would consider writing a book for us, something about your political philosophy, what do you say?
- Chance: I can't write.
- Ron Steigler: Of course not, who can nowadays? Listen, I have trouble writing a postcard to my children. Look, we can give you a six figure advance,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Richard McKenzie - Ron Stiegler
Peter Sellers - Chance

“- Sidney Bruhl: Why make it anywhere? Why make it?
- Clifford Anderson: Because it's there, Sidney!
- Sidney Bruhl: That's mountains, not plays! Plays are not there until some asshole writes them!”
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Bruhl
Christopher Reeve - Clifford Anderson

“- Jimmy Olsen: What are you writing, Miss Lane?
- Lois Lane: An ode to spring. How do you spell massacre?”
Marc McClure - Jimmy Olsen
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane

“- Sarah: Are you on a new book?
- Maurice Bendrix: Of course.
- Sarah: It's not about us, is it? The one you threatened to write?
- Maurice Bendrix: A book takes a year to write. It's too hard work for revenge.
- Sarah: If only you knew how little you had to revenge.
- Maurice Bendrix: I'm joking. We are adults. We knew it had to end some time.”
Julianne Moore - Sarah Miles
Ralph Fiennes - Maurice Bendrix

“- Charisse Dolittle: What am I supposed to do without my cell phone?
- Dr. John Dolittle: Here's some stamps. Learn how to write a letter or something.”
Raven-Symoné - Charisse Dolittle
Eddie Murphy - Dr. John Dolittle

“- Henry Fool: Your instincts are profound. But the whole thing needs to be given a more cohesive shape. It can be expanded, followed through, unified. Do you see what I'm getting at? Are you willing to commit yourself to this? To really work on it? To give it its due in the face of adversity and discouragement? To rise to the challenge you...” (continue)(continue reading)

Thomas Jay Ryan - Henry Fool
James Urbaniak - Simon Grim

- Joe Gideon: No, nothing I ever do is good enough. Not beautiful enough, it's not funny enough, it's not deep enough, it's not anything enough. Now, when I see a rose, that's perfect. I mean, that's perfect. I want to look up to God and say, "How the hell did you do that? And why the hell can't I do that?".
- Angelique: Now that's probably one... (continue)(continue reading)
Roy Scheider - Joe Gideon
Jessica Lange - Angelique

“- Questioner: I was just wondering if you could tell me, um, if you thought drugs and alcohol would make me a better writer.
- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: That's a good question. Let me see... In my case, you know, I hate to advocate drugs or liquor, violence, insanity to anyone. But in my case it's worked.”
Joshua Daniel - Questioner
Bill Murray - Hunter S. Thompson

“- Pelagia: I wrote to you every day. A hundred letters... and not a single reply.
- Mandras: I never learned... to read or write.”
Penelope Cruz - Pelagia
Christian Bale - Mandras

“I tried writing again. Nothing came out that didn't sound bitter and cynical. And there's nothing worse than a writer who doesn't have anything to say.”
Woody Harrelson - Harry Barber

“- The Marquis de Sade: I write of the great, eternal truths that bind together all mankind. The whole world over, we eat, we shit, we fuck, we kill and we die.
- Coulmier: But we also fall in love, we build cities, we compose symphonies, and we endure. Why not put that in your books as well.”
Geoffrey Rush - The Marquis de Sade
Joaquin Phoenix - Coulmier

“- Hannah Green: Grady, you know how in class you're always telling us that writers make choices?
- Prof. Grady Tripp: Yeah.
- Hannah Green: And even though you're book is really beautiful, I mean, amazingly beautiful, it's... it's at times... it's... very detailed. You know, with the genealogies of everyone's horses, and the dental records, and...” (continue)(continue reading)
Katie Holmes - Hannah Green
Michael Douglas - Prof. Grady Tripp

“- Stuart Ullman: Physically, it's not a very demanding job. The only thing that can get a bit trying up here during the winter is, uh, a tremendous sense of isolation.
- Jack Torrance: Well, that just happens to be exactly what I'm looking for. I'm outlining a new writing project and, uh, five months of peace is just what I want.”
Barry Nelson - Ullman
Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance

“I cannot stop my writing. It is my only weapon. It is all I have.”

Juanin Clay - Amy Striker

“Has there been another goddamn re-write? How the fuck are we supposed to learn our lines when there's a new script every 15 minutes?”
Jenny McCarthy - Sarah Darling

“- Paul Vitti: People get depressed, they jump. But that ain't my fault.
- Dr. Ben Sobel: So you're telling me it was suicide?
- Paul Vitti: I don't know, he probably left a note.”

Robert De Niro - Paul Vitti
Billy Crystal - Dr. Ben Sobel

“You stick with the Virgin Mary, and remember, if you fuck it up again, you're back to Italy doing another romance novel.”
David Schwimmer - Max Abbitt

“- James Wright: You want to come all the way to Memphis just to sit around and watch me record? I thought you'd want to stay here. Settle into our house...
- Miranda Presley: And do what?
- James Wright: Do what? Don't know. What does one do anywhere? There's a number of things you could do... write songs... birdwatch.”
River Phoenix - James Wright
Samantha Mathis - Miranda Presley

“- Michael Fitzsimmons: We had heat, baby. Passion! Fire! We owe it to ourselves to fuse together, at least one more time.
- Peggy Sue: Oh, that's a good line. You are gonna be a terrific writer.”
Kevin J. O'Connor - Michael Fitzsimmons
Kathleen Turner - Peggy Sue

“- Page: Billy boy! How's the new script coming?
- Bill Warren: I found all the words in the dictionary. I just have to put them together.”
Buddy Douglas - Page
Alan Alda - Bill Warren

“- Flora Poste: I want to learn about real life.
- Charles Fairford: What for?
- Flora Poste: To put it in books.”
Kate Beckinsale - Flora Poste
Christopher Bowen - Charles Fairford