The writer's job is to get naked...

The writers job is to get naked, To hide nothing. To look away from nothing. To look at it. To not blink. To be…

— Harry Crews

“He had to bite his lip to stop himself from asking if Jared could do the job naked in front of the office window…

— Cardeno C

Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.

— Sara Sheridan

The writer’s job is to write with rigor, with commitment, to defend what they believe with all the talent they have. I think that’s…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“A writer's job is never finished.”

— Sai Marie Johnson

A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.

— Barry Hannah

As a writer, it is my job to tell a story. I don't want to get involved in social commentary; I just want to…

— Nicola Monaghan

A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.

— Chuck Palahniuk

The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties…

— Anonymous

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I think a writer's first job is to entertain, even in novels: to tell a compelling story that pulls the reader along toward an…

— Noah Hawley

I think the writer's job is to paint the gray because no life is clearly defined.

— Andre Dubus

The writer's job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.

— Kenzaburo Oe

I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've had -…

— Doris Lessing

“It is the writer's job to craft a story so compelling that strangers will pay to hear it.”

— Seeley James