I prefer dead writers because you don't run into them at…

[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties.

— Fran Lebowitz

I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.

— Helen Oyeyemi

We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent…

— Joseph Epstein

I don't think you could get anything worse than losing a child. I think if my child died, I would prefer it if I…

— Saoirse Ronan

I think if my child died I would prefer it if I were dead.

— Saoirse Ronan

“If/when I die, do not want Pam lonely. Want her to remarry, have full life. As long as new husband is nice guy. Gentle…

— George Saunders

“Y’know, I kind of prefer it when the dead stay dead.’ ‘Pot. Kettle. Black,’ Owen said. ‘Yeah,’ agreed Jack with a shrug. ‘The difference…

— Trevor Baxendale

Writers, most of them, don't have a lot of resources.

— Celeste Ng

Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second Cup.

— Russell Smith

I very much like people. I don't much like writers who don't.

— Jim Shepard

I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.

— Michel Houellebecq

“Personal trainers and writers don't end up in history books.”

— Caspar Vega

I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago.

— Thea Sharrock

“As one tends to the graves of the dead, so I tend the books. I clean them, do minor repairs, keep them in good…

— Diane Setterfield

Do they sense it, these dead writers, when their books are read? Does a pinprick of light appear in their darkness? Is their soul…

— Diane Setterfield