--- title: "14 Dead Writers Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 14 Dead Writers quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Dead Writers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/fran-lebowitz-690_admire_on-the-writers-she-admires-i-prefer-dead_218567.png" --- > [ \[On the writers she admires:\] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/on-the-writers-she-admires-i-prefer-dead-writers-because-i-don-t-see/) [Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/fran-lebowitz-690_admire_on-the-writers-she-admires-i-prefer-dead_218567.png) > [I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-oyeyemi/i-do-tend-to-feel-more-connected-to-dead-writers-perhaps-because-they/) [Helen Oyeyemi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-oyeyemi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/helen-oyeyemi-1658_because_i-do-tend-to-feel-more-connected-to-dead_46458.png) > [The companionship of dead writers is a wonderful form of live friendship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/the-companionship-of-dead-writers-is-a-wonderful-form-of-live/) [Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/julian-barnes-522_companionship_the-companionship-of-dead-writers-is-a-w_2529303.png) > [I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-sharrock/i-much-prefer-to-work-with-dead-writers-and-ones-who-were-writing/) [Thea Sharrock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-sharrock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/thea-sharrock-34999_writer_i-much-prefer-to-work-with-dead-writers_458324.jpg) > [I prefer dead writers because you don't run into them at parties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/i-prefer-dead-writers-because-you-don-t-run-into-them-at-parties/) [Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/fran-lebowitz-690_dead_i-prefer-dead-writers-because-you-don-t_2209694.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-carver/you-re-writing-for-other-writers-to-an-extent-the-dead-writers-whose/) [Raymond Carver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-carver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/raymond-carver-2821_admire_you-re-writing-for-other-writers-to-an-e_1597104.png) > [“Some one said: "The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did." Precisley, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot-4/some-one-said-the-dead-writers-are-remote-from-us-because-we-know-so/) [T.S Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot-4/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/t-s-eliot-4-62429_essays_some-one-said-the-dead-writers-are-remot_2459830.jpg) > [We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/we-who-are-quotatious-are-never-truly-alone-but-always-hear-the/) [Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/joseph-epstein-10324_cheerful_we-who-are-quotatious-are-never-truly-al_277240.png) > [Do they sense it, these dead writers, when their books are read? Does a pinprick of light appear in their darkness? Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/do-they-sense-it-these-dead-writers-when-their-books-are-read-does-a/) [Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/diane-setterfield-1008_book_do-they-sense-it-these-dead-writers-when_1413527.jpg) > [Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/someone-said-the-dead-writers-are-remote-from-us-because-we-know-so/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/anonymous-1_book_someone-said-the-dead-writers-are-remote_2320723.jpg) > [“And everyday I open a volume or two, read a few lines or pages, allow the voices of the forgotten dead to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-settlefield/and-everyday-i-open-a-volume-or-two-read-a-few-lines-or-pages-allow/) [Diane Settlefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-settlefield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/diane-settlefield-232797_books_and-everyday-i-open-a-volume-or-two-read_3197349.jpg) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-wallace/didn-t-we-option-this-one-s-spec-producer-one-asks-producer-two-using/) [Matt Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/matt-wallace-54046_writers_didn-t-we-option-this-one-s-spec-produce_3122176.jpg) > [“As one tends to the graves of the dead, so I tend the books. I clean them, do minor repairs, keep them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/as-one-tends-to-the-graves-of-the-dead-so-i-tend-the-books-i-clean/) [Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/diane-setterfield-1008_books_as-one-tends-to-the-graves-of-the-dead-s_1140202.png) > [“My job is not to sell the books - my father does that - but to look after them. Every so often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/my-job-is-not-to-sell-the-books-my-father-does-that-but-to-look-after/) [Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/diane-setterfield-1008_books_my-job-is-not-to-sell-the-books-my-fathe_3232936.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-writers/#itemlist", "name": "Dead Writers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fran Lebowitz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/on-the-writers-she-admires-i-prefer-dead-writers-because-i-don-t-see/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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