As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I…

I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.

— Jacky Ickx

It does not suit the world to hear that people who are leading a high life, an enviable life, a privileged life are as…

— Stephen Fry

Life at the top may be privileged, but it is not simple.

— Sandra Tsing Loh

“Don’t you ever get scared?” I ask. “Of what?” She says. “Of not being good enough.” “You mean at writing?” L’il asks. I nod.…

— Candace Bushnell

“Um um um um um. This business of—this business about marketing yourself, there’s nothing wrong with that. Unless we’re allowed to think that that’s—that…

— David Foster Wallace

We know much of a writer by his style. An open and imperious disposition is shown in short sentences, direct and energetic. A secretive…

— Henry Ward Beecher

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

— Jimmy Buffett

The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies…

— Charles Bukowski

“You know you're a writer when the words don't stop!”

— Joyce Middleton

First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

— James McBride

Stories have a richness that goes way beyond fact. My writing knows more than I know. What a writer must do is listen to…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Of course I wanted to know. I was a writer. I wanted to know everything.

— Gregory David Roberts

“The old nut goes, 'Write what you know,' but often a writer is clearer about what he doesn't know and must learn about.”

— Susan Bell

“You know that you are a writer if you are imaginative. You know that you are a writer if you are curious. You know…

— Jon Scieszka Katie DiCamillo

I'm not so sure that I can teach people how to, you know, write dialogue or create plot or anything like that. But if…

— Colum McCann