647 Writers quotes and Writers definition

I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.

Eric Idle

Words: think, special, thing, about, Python, writers, commune, charge, decide, material

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Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism.

Eric Idle

Words: black, writers, whatever, quality, step, outside, pale, supposed, write, about, condemned, silences, literary, circles, total, destructive, any, imposed, racism

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They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

Eric Idle

Words: fancy, talkers, about, writers, give, young, advice, say, listen, talking, writing

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What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now.

Eric Idle

Words: difficult, promotion, balancing, public, side, writers, life, writing, think, something, lot, having, face, become, more, now

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Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Eric Idle

Words: good, writers, borrow, other, great, steal, outright

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The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

Eric Idle

Words: writer, made, vacuum, writers, witnesses, reason, need, terrifying, century

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The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint.

Eric Idle

Words: writers, deepest, influence, one, reads, ones, more, impressionable, early, life, often, youthful, works, leave, imprint

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Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.

Eric Idle

Words: movies, influenced, all, writers, just, thriller

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If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

Eric Idle

Words: give, young, writers, advice, say, listen, talking, about, writing

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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Eric Idle

Words: some, editors, failed, writers

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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

Eric Idle

Words: love, writers, all, best, friends

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If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

Eric Idle

Words: writers, good, businessmen, sense

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Nowadays they have 12 directors and 15 producers and 30 writers. And all the writers want their lines said a certain way-which isn't necessarily funny. I mean the lines aren't necessarily so funny to begin with.

Eric Idle

Words: nowadays, directors, producers, writers, all, want, lines, said, certain, necessarily, funny, mean, begin

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The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It'll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers.

Eric Idle

Words: same, issue, happening, show, loves, now, eighth, year, struggling, come, good, stories, interesting, see, bottom, line, starts, writers, ends

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I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood.

Eric Idle

Words: want, see, writers, strike, God, bless, true, commies, Hollywood

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I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.

Eric Idle

Words: believe, writers, block, think, about, blocked, college, write, paper, manage, fix, night, before, due, having, time, hands

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There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success.

Eric Idle

Words: theres, unwritten, schism, literary, writers, get, all, awards, success

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Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

Eric Idle

Words: writers, gain, success, feel, outsiders, come, together, real, groups

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I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers.

Eric Idle

Words: know, writers, real, live, people, never, knew, any

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Today, writers want to impress other writers.

Eric Idle

Words: today, writers, want, impress, other

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