Was the dividing line between life and fiction as hazy for…

“Sometimes a writer simply finds new ways of saying what has already been said because, ultimately, truth is unoriginal.”

— Kamand Kojouri

“Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere. While others…

— Anonymous

Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite.

— Drew Goddard

I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other hand, are often better…

— Penelope Fitzgerald

A lot of people get writer's block, and I think you just have to show up for work, sit down, and be like, 'I'm…

— Brian Fallon

In a writer there must always be two people - the writer and the critic.

— Leo Tolstoy

There are just so many options that people have. But as a writer, you'll drive yourself crazy, if you worry about that too much.…

— Carlton Cuse

People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently.

— Anonymous

I write mostly in my office in the shed outside at home, but it can get very cold. I write best on the train,…

— Dermot Healy

Sometimes what I'm looking for is the thing that will help renew people's interest in a writer that they may have written off as…

— John D'Agata

You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader.

— Nancy Kress

I certainly wouldn't feel safe telling people I was writer.

— Sophie Dahl

“Sigh. These were my people now that I was a writer, people who didn't understand anything. I mean, they understood perfectly the thing I…

— Claire Dederer

75% of what happens to Paul Gascoigne in his life is fiction..

— Glenn Hoddle

“I wish life were a fiction novel. Then everyone would have to do what I say.”

— Michelle M. Pillow