Molly Shannon Quotes

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

Miranda's my character; I created her! But there's a lot of comedy I want to bring to the world that isn't just Miranda.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

As a writer, it is always fun to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes.

We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it.

I write for kids because I think the most interesting (and most humorous) stories come from people's childhoods. When I was writing 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid,' I had a blast talking on the phone to my younger brother, Patrick, remembering all of the things that happened to our family when we were growing up.

When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

I started writing stories as a child.

I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting when there's an element of humor to it.

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it's a really great job, but that's what it is - a job.

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

One thing about writing 'The Sarah Silverman Program' was the concern that I don't give myself the best story, you know what I mean?

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.

Good writing will bring you to places you don't even expect sometimes.

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

Only a reader can become a writer. Develop a lively intellect and the ability to become interested in anything, no matter how mundane it might seem at first. Look for the story. Develop an eye for detail. Feed your mind and your brain: learn as much as you can about everything you can.

One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you.

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.