Writers are professional eavesdroppers.

“There ought to be a law that allows eavesdroppers to sue.”

— Gill McKnight

“Eavesdropping is secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent, as defined by Black's Law Dictionary.[1] This is commonly thought to…

— Black's Law Dictionary

“As they crossed the threshold, a barrage of questions about Mr. Winterborne filled the parlor. “Let’s go upstairs,” Helen told the twins uncomfortably as…

— Lisa Kleypas

There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft…

— Heidi Julavits

I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland.

— Rose Tremain

“You know what they say about writers: we can do it quietly, in many different positions, and all night long.”

— Christopher D. Votey

I've been an advocate against the view of the writer as a partitioned genius hanging in conceptual space, or up on a mountain, a…

— Jonathan Lethem

“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

All writers, I think, are to one extent or another, damaged people. Writing is our way of repairing ourselves.

— Anonymous

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

— Stephen King

“Personal trainers and writers don't end up in history books.”

— Caspar Vega

Writers are used to being re-created, and need it.

— Anonymous

To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say…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

Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run…

— Anton du Beke

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in…

— Annie Potts