Stephen Karam Quotes

I'm not a great writer.

I'm clearly not a writer, but I'm always a fan of them.

I've always liked new writing.

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

My dad is a great writer. Naturally talented, naturally charming. He embodies that back-in-the-day cool.

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

I don't call myself a writer.

Writers are people who put pen to paper every day.

I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.

I'm definitely a writer. I don't even know how to freestyle.

I am not a trained writer.

I prefer writing originals.

As a writer, one is busy with archaeology.

I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.

Call me the author.

I write. This is what I do. My job is to sit down with my vocabulary, select words, and decide what order they should be placed in an attempt to keep someone's attention and perhaps provide them with a laugh or two along the way.

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

Writers are so important.

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me.

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

All this is rather pretentious and fey to even talk about, but Flannery O'Connor sat down to write stories. The rest of us, some of us, don't have that kind of wit and genius. We don't do that. We sit down and have some accidents.

As writers, we can't predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable.

A good writer is always a people watcher.

I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.