Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets…

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

— Salman Rushdie

The sum of all the things we shouldn't have done in our lives is enough to kill us with the weight.

— Tarryn Fisher

Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from…

— Poppy Z. Brite

People don't find the personal lives of people with much, much more power than any celebrity would have - don't find their personal lives…

— Robert Pattinson

Writers shouldn't fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they're trying to accomplish. The idea is to…

— Stephen Coonts

“Writers shouldn't take themselves too seriously; they are only daydreamers who daydream better than most.”

— flavia

“writers shouldn’t spend all their time doing what they don’t enjoy. Instead, they need to do what they love. They need to write.”

— Jeff Goins

Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re…

— David Guterson

I find the reality of our emotional lives interesting.

— Annette Bening

Use your imagination. Trust me, your lives are not interesting. Don't write them down.

— Anonymous

Other people's lives are so much more interesting than one's own.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

All lives are interesting; no one life is more interesting than another. Its fascination depends on how much is revealed, and in what manner.

— Mavis Gallant

I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.

— Ruta Sepetys

Anything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful.

— Gertrude Stein

We all have these notions of cool that come about at different points in our lives, and it's interesting in how it evolves or…

— Noah Baumbach