Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature…

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.

— Teresa Nielsen Hayden

If I had followed my own rules - if I had eaten my own dog food - I would have created a digital book…

— Jeff Jarvis

“But there is also the minority of gifted, wilful people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong…

— George Orwell

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others have too high a price.

— Walter Lippmann

I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not feel any…

— Anne Enright

I always individuate myself from other writers who say they would die if they couldn't write. For me, I'd die if I couldn't read.

— Junot Diaz

Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful.

— Joe Queenan

“Every so often I'll hear writers say that there are other writers they would read if for no other reason than to marvel at…

— Francine Prose

Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand…

— Harlan Coben

I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.

— Robyn Davidson

People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they…

— R. L. Stine

I'm one of those writers who say, 'I've enjoy having written.'

— George R. R. Martin

I'm always amazed by writers who say, 'Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a little bit.'…

— Terence Winter

There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.

— Sheri S. Tepper

There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for your readers,…

— Angeles Mastretta