I think once I began to trust myself as a writer, I began to be seen as a writer. — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
“I never thought I wanted to write. Never did I know I can either, until now.” — C.A. Dimayuga Copy Share Image
I'm not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to. — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
“The free-lance writer is one who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.” — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
One reads books for knowledge, as one would breath Oxygen to survive! — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to the feedback your readers give you. Dont write unless people want you to write, a lot of people write… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
A dislike button especially after the quote doesnt mean the lack of thinking of its writer but it probably describes the ignorance… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Writers who aren't from rural states in the Midwest or the West often treat such people as if they were the Waltons… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
It is my contention that the process of reading is part of the process of writing, the necessary completion without which writing… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
Writing is this act of faith - a bit like driving in the fog: you can hardly see just in front of… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
My writing life is pretty simple - I try to work every day, almost always in the mornings - and I can… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
There've been times when I have existential conversations with myself, and I've thought about leaving and trying to apply my education better.… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
Whatever they do, criminals and non-criminals act in particular ways. Some writers, for instance, use computers, others pen and paper. Some write… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
“Should he give free reign to his desires, the bibliomaniac can ruin his life along with the lives of his loved ones.… — Mikita Brottman Copy Share Image
Write what you want to read. The person you know best in this world is you. Listen to yourself. If you are… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
To a certain extent that happens with all kinds of successful writers and artists and celebrities, but there is also something about… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“Barriers remain in place, disabling us, and denying our full participation in the everyday. The current government wallows in an ideology that… — Penny Pepper Copy Share Image
Jacqueline Woodson's books are such a gift to parents and children for their poignant subtlety and lyricism and their willingness to let… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image