[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work. — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
The companionship of dead writers is a wonderful form of live friendship. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago. — Thea Sharrock Copy Share Image
You're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
“Some one said: "The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did." Precisley, and they… — T.S Eliot Copy Share Image
We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
Do they sense it, these dead writers, when their books are read? Does a pinprick of light appear in their darkness? Is… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And everyday I open a volume or two, read a few lines or pages, allow the voices of the forgotten dead to… — Diane Settlefield Copy Share Image
“Didn’t we option this one’s spec?” Producer One asks Producer Two, using his Italian-loafered foot to prod the eviscerated writer in question.… — Matt Wallace Copy Share Image
“As one tends to the graves of the dead, so I tend the books. I clean them, do minor repairs, keep them… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“My job is not to sell the books - my father does that - but to look after them. Every so often… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
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