All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Writers don't need to be given formulas; they need to be shown possibilities. — Barry Lane Copy Share Image
Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels. — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.” — Robynn Tolbert Copy Share Image
“It's not Jane Austen, it's not Henry James. But this writer, or writers, well, they're pretty damn good too.” — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
The original writer is not he who does not imitate others, but he who can be imitated by none — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
They're hit writers. They're gonna write me a hit whether I wanted it or not you know? I could have put out… — Willa Ford Copy Share Image
Walking is very good for writers. There's something fundamentally useful about not talking to anybody, not looking at a screen, and being… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“The fact is that as writers we need to make our mark. But, to do that, we must help our words make… — Suyog Ketkar Copy Share Image
I think for writers who write that kind of stuff, they want to make changes. Look at Kris Kristofferson and Dylan. I… — Lee Hazlewood 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’s remarkable that a device, which fits in your pocket, can hold thousands of books. But a room full of books is… — Brandt Legg Copy Share Image
I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books, or write opinion pieces… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that you might create any sort of character in a novel and there would be at least one… — Sōseki Natsume Copy Share Image
“You ask if I will write a poem I could, I suppose write the most splendiferous one of all but not right… — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
“I can still remember the miraculous feeling of writing a sentence, then more sentences, telling a story. The first thing I wrote… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in… — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image
One of my favorite writers is short story writer/essayist Jorge Luis Borges, who was blind. I'm not claiming to be anything remotely… — Larry Howes Copy Share Image
“We do need to bring to our writing, over and over again, all the abundance we possess. To be able, to be… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“But there is also the minority of gifted, wilful people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
