Writer Quotes · Page 267

“There's no such thing as 'no market'. Some books are just niche orientated that's all.”

— Jo Linsdell

“There is nothing better than a quiet night, a cup of tea, and a quiet place to read a good book,”

— Deb Pearson

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

— Len Deighton

One must never judge the writer by the man; but one may fairly judge the man by the writer.

— Louis Kronenberger

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

— Anatole France

“Amateurs try to write in one go; professionals draft and draft again.”

— Alastair Fowler

I'm a total ho for any writing workshop, any technique from anyone.

— Travis Morrison

Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books

— Aravind Adiga

What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped…

— Lauren Myracle

I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed.

— Michael Eric Dyson

But there are definitely times when I just need to write to clarify my thoughts and put any doubts to bed.

— Andrew Strauss

“A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time... If you…

— William Zinsser

How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.

— Gore Vidal

A writer is hoisted up onto a pedestal only to scrutinize him more closely and conclude that it was a mistake to…

— Simone de Beauvoir

Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. Financial security then is a great help…

— Ernest Hemingway

Energy seems to be the more critical of those two variables, because if I'm really feeling the push/pull to write, then I'll…

— Kevin Keck

“Just as breathing exercises help integrate body and mind, writing is a kind of psycho-neural muscular activity which helps bridge and integrate…

— Stephen R. Covey

...Samuel rode lightly on top of a book and he balanced happily among ideas the way a man rides white rapids in…

— John Steinbeck

“His little sister is brilliant. She is at her desk deep in a book, half-opened books all over her desk, all over…

— Ali Smith

I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it…

— Sara Zarr

“So I recommend reading literature, such as the inspiring biography of Anwar Sadat, In Search of Identity, and seeing movies like Chariots…

— Stephen R. Covey

I always carry a notepad with me, even on vacation. If I'm on the computer when the story 'hits', I open a…

— Franny Armstrong

There’s only one difference between published and unpublished writers, and it is this -- the first group see their work in print…

— Kate Mosse

“There would seem to be four stages in the composition of a story. First comes the germ of the story, then a…

— Malcolm Cowley

Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.

— Cornelia Funke

It's deprivation that makes people writers, if they have it in them to be a writer.

— William Maxwell

Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons.

— Joe Queenan

If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

— Terry Brooks

“To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful.”

— robert m drake

“when ever you read a good book somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light”

— Vera Nazarian

Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.

— Mason Cooley

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can take away from it.”

— James Bryce

“Now as always in our history, reading is among our greatest freedoms”

— The Freedom to Read Statement

“No furniture is so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word.”

— Sydney Smith

There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.

— Irvine Welsh

Every time you buy tickets on Ticketmaster, you help to digitize a book.

— Luis von Ahn

I love writing. It's a fun challenge. It refuels me personally.

— Trevor McNevan

I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.

— Fran Lebowitz

I love telling stories. I don't really think in terms of clear 'aims.'

— David Farr

You have to write a million words before you find your voice as a writer.

— Henry Miller