<p>My guidance counselor said that I might make a good speechwriter, given my debate and literary skills. I looked at the salaries for the field, and they have me excited, but…I have a question. Are most speechwriters known? Is there a place where speechwriters for political officials and businessmen have their names listed? Because I’d much rather be completely unknown. </p>
<p>Does anyone know?</p>
<p>Some of the most successful political speechwriters have become better known as columnists and “pundits.” Here’s a list of some of the most famous (and infamous): <a href=“Speechwriter - Wikipedia”>Speechwriter - Wikipedia. I think businessmen like to keep their ghostwriters anonymous. </p>
<p>Should this be in college search & selection? </p>
<p>To answer your question, as someone who follows politics a lot I only know two speechwriters, Jon Favreau and Peggy Noonan, and this is more because Favreau chose to have a more prominent role in the Obama campaigns and because Noonan is a published author and columnist for the WSJ.</p>
<p>In general, speechwriters fade completely into the background and pull the strings behind campaigns and policy speeches.</p>
<p>There is a very short wikipedia list of “Famous Speechwriters”, but not even Favreau with his publicized role has a place where his name is officially listed (or at least not one that can easily be found).</p>
<p>My mistake. Wrong category. </p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t want to spend my whole life speechwriting, so anonymity would be good. I’d like to write screenplays someday, so writing for a conservative candidate probably wouldn’t do me any favors in Hollywood, even though that’s where I lean politically. </p>
<p>Hollywood is home to more whores than any place on Earth. As long as you pretend to adopt the party line once there, they’ll understand you were just doing it for the money. 
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<p>Yeah, I’m not a sellout. I plan on sticking to my political stripes even when I move to Hollywood. Of course, I won’t obnoxiously air out my beliefs on the Internet like some silver-spoon-fed morons do. I’ll just donate to causes which I feel are worthy without making a big deal about it.</p>
<p>Frankly, I’d like to be a Stanley Kubrick or Terrence Malick figure. Somebody who doesn’t live in the limelight. I certainly don’t want to give any interviews or make public appearances as a director.</p>