I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I … - Alan Rickman

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey.

Alan Rickman

I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.

Moving, Play, Story, Sympathy, Write, Writing

Same Author Quotes

I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

Actor, Actors, English, Nervous, Newcastle, Thinking

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.

Giving, Journey, Planes, Pleasure, Travel, Travelling

I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing.

Film, Goes On, Here I Am, Kind, Know, Thinking

A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.

Celt, Celts, Perhaps, Tongue, Wounding

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

Cities, Exciting, Like, Like You, New York, Part