A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying…

I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race.

— Katori Hall

As far as what readers can expect with 'Maybe Someday,' I'm not the type of writer who writes to educate or inform my readers.…

— Colleen Hoover

You just play what a writer writes, in terms of what a character chooses to do and how a character chooses to deal with…

— Kevin Spacey

The writer writes about what happened in order to make it make sense, to put it in perspective, to turn it into art; and…

— Clarence Major

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

— Regina Brett

The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work.

— Bryce Courtenay

No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must…

— Stanley Ellin

You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything…

— Junot Diaz

A writer always writes.

— Don Roff

“A writer writes to a great extent to be read (let's admire those who say they don't, but not believe them).”

— Albert Camus

I'm not a writer that writes every day. I just kind of have ideas. I jot them down when I have them, and when…

— Dee Rees

“So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed…

— Annie Dillard

Sometimes a writer writes scenes for people who just say 'Hi' to indicate they're in love. I play those scenes very well.

— Fred MacMurray

“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.”

— Christy Hall

A writer writes what other people only think.

— Sol Stein