“If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.”
Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter
The Rod Serling bio page on the Internet Movie DataBase.
Other
Source: City of Thieves
“If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.”
Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter
The Rod Serling bio page on the Internet Movie DataBase.
Other
Willie Mays (1931) Baseball player
As quoted in "Sports of the Times: The Most Natural Ballplayer" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UVUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p1EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6465%2C2456085&dq=who%27s-best-ever-aside-yourself-next-roberto by Dave Anderson, in The New York Times (January 24, 1979)
“If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.”
Nikki Giovanni (1943) American writer and academic
“Smile… it makes people wonder what you're up to.”
Jill Shalvis (1963) American writer
Source: Simply Irresistible
“If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.”
C. J. Cherryh (1942) United States science fiction and fantasy author
Chanur's Legacy (1992)
“A real writer […] doesn't look up to any other writer but himself.”
Indro Montanelli (1909–2001) Italian journalist
I protagonisti, Rizzoli, 1976, p. 207.
1950s - 1990s
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985)
Courtney Love (1964) American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist
On her goals in songwriting, The Guardian (December 11, 1991)
1991–1995
Art Buchwald (1925–2007) journalist, humorist, United States Marine
Interview in The New York Times Book Review (1985), as quoted in Pundits, Poets, and Wits: An Omnibus of American Newspaper Columns (1990) by Karl Ernest Meyer, p. 308.