“This story was a story of our time. And a writer's attempts not to fathom his time amount but to sounding his… — Louis Zukofsky Copy Share Image
“Words I write... go through my mind, like tasting fine wine on the lips.” — Jennifer Webb Copy Share Image
Indonesian writers are so far behind in terms of global exposure compared with the Philippines and Japanese writers. — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is an amazing job, but we’re all writers, most of us just forget to put our stories down on… — Colette Freedman Copy Share Image
“All writers are readers first, and all of us write the sort of books we want to read.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
As writers, we are sketching people all the time when we write fiction. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Writers matter in a society to the extent that we can help that society hear its unvoiced longing, encounter its erased and… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“Allen Ginsberg startled the audience at OutWrite, the gay literary conference, when he confessed he didn’t worry about AIDS since his sex… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - then success is insanity squared!… — Brian Rock Copy Share Image
It's a marvellous life, a gregarious life that we've had. We're very lucky in that way. Unlike writers or painters, we don't… — Albert Finney Copy Share Image
I think that if writers are tempted to do other things, they ought to go do other things. They should not write… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“Imagination is the parallel universe of a writer. If he is not responding to you in this world, he is probably responding… — Heenashree Khandelwal Copy Share Image
Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers;… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
I do gravitate toward 19th century writers, and I never mind being compared with some of the most memorable writers from that… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
It's something that I know how to do because I taught for a very long time, so I can do it, and… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
“Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was killed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab.… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the things that's fun about TV is it grows, and you set goals and aim towards stuff, and one of… — Jed Whedon Copy Share Image
