Writers are archeologists of themselves.

“When the archeologists find this place they'll destroy history. Mankind will attempt to bury this information but we will ensure there is a leak.…

— Poppet

In a thousand years, archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment.

— Olivia Wilde

“A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents; but having conceived, with…

— Edgar Allan Poe

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 and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall development; thus,…

— Wole Soyinka

“It’s a great day to write a best-seller.”

— Buffy Andrews

If the writers all come from the same backgrounds, you are going to get the same sorts of characters. Get a broader variety of…

— Sophie Okonedo

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

— Anonymous

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

— Ali Wong

Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are…

— William Saroyan

The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They…

— Edmund White

To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say…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

William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,…

— Alice Munro