It's very hard to turn writers against each other, believe it or not.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The hard truth is that there are people who believe they're writers and work hard at it and are sincere about it, but they don't make it. You have to be prepared for that possibility.
Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult.
Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.
People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.
Writers are always sort of threatening to direct, and sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.
In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.
I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.
Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.
Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all the time, sometimes on a weekly basis; we create horrible, incredible circumstances and then figure a way out of them. That's what we do.