Writers are a superior breed. No one else can face so much…

I am not somebody who goes around saying men are superior or that male writers are superior. In fact, I really go out of…

— Jonathan Franzen

“Rejection is a challenge. Persistence is patience. Reward is a lifetime in the making. Despite what happens, only death will stop this author from…

— Veronica Purcell

“Rejection is part of the game. Or rather, rejection is part of the profession. A profession which at times can feel like a game.”

— Robin Black

To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say…

— Kingsley Amis

“I have only dwelt in my thoughts.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Tattoos are a permanent commitment of passion”

— Tawny Lara

“Occupation: Writer Occupational Hazard: Carpel tunnel Solution: Wrist guards to bed or my hands do all the sleeping Perspective: I've decided my wrist guards…

— Christy Hall

“All forms of writing are an act of conception; writing must lead to creation. Each time that we write, we begin again. Writing is…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“What doesn't kill us gives us something new to write about.”

— Julie Wright

“I prefer to be on the side of losers, the misunderstood or lonely people rather than writing about the strong and powerful.”

— Núria Añó

Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.

— Ali Wong

“I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he…

— Anthony Trollope

“The writer does not dare dream of giving the best of his individuality. No, he must never express his anger. The vacillating demands of…

— Aleksandar Hemon

“The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.”

— Stephanie Lennox

“Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.”

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn