--- title: "11 Favorite Writer Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Favorite Writer quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Favorite Writer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/chloe-benjamin-15855_amazing_my-favorite-writer-is-alice-munro-it-s-s_1259332.jpg" --- > [My favorite writer is Alice Munro. It's simply amazing how well she captures entire lifetimes in a single short story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-benjamin/my-favorite-writer-is-alice-munro-it-s-simply-amazing-how-well-she/) [Chloe Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-benjamin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/chloe-benjamin-15855_amazing_my-favorite-writer-is-alice-munro-it-s-s_1259332.jpg) > [Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/lawrence-millman-is-a-favorite-writer-of-mine-he-did-a-travels-on-the/) [John Gimlette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gimlette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/john-gimlette-11101_mines_lawrence-millman-is-a-favorite-writer-of_170477.jpg) > [Guy Kay is probably my favorite and the writer I most want to emulate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-b-coe/guy-kay-is-probably-my-favorite-and-the-writer-i-most-want-to-emulate/) [David B. Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-b-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/david-b-coe-28992_emulate_guy-kay-is-probably-my-favorite-and-the_1469062.jpg) > [“Henry David Thoreau is my favorite writer of all time, my literary god king, and his essay Wild Apples is my favorite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-trandahl/henry-david-thoreau-is-my-favorite-writer-of-all-time-my-literary-god/) [Nicholas Trandahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-trandahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/nicholas-trandahl-29310_david-thoreau_henry-david-thoreau-is-my-favorite-write_2889719.jpg) > [“..and then, there is a 'fan' for whom every writer is his favorite writer... he is just like that philanderer who woos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/himmilicious/and-then-there-is-a-fan-for-whom-every-writer-is-his-favorite-writer/) [Himmilicious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/himmilicious/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/himmilicious-4533_fans_and-then-there-is-a-fan-for-whom-every-w_1980448.jpg) > [I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-perkins/i-love-contemporary-north-american-fiction-and-short-fiction-my/) [Emily Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-perkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/emily-perkins-35655_alice_i-love-contemporary-north-american-ficti_2899594.png) > [My favorite writer on 'The X-Files' is this guy Darin Morgan. He wrote my favorite episode and the top five favorite episodes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumail-nanjiani/my-favorite-writer-on-the-x-files-is-this-guy-darin-morgan-he-wrote/) [Kumail Nanjiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kumail-nanjiani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/kumail-nanjiani-7820_everyone_my-favorite-writer-on-the-x-files-is-thi_2928501.jpg) > [I love writing literary stuff. My favorite writer is definitely Edgar Allan Poe - so imaginative and prolific. My second favorite writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mc-lars/i-love-writing-literary-stuff-my-favorite-writer-is-definitely-edgar/) [MC Lars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mc-lars/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/mc-lars-54471_allan-poe_i-love-writing-literary-stuff-my-favorit_1946111.jpg) > [There are certain writers I can't read when I'm trying to write because their voices are so distinct. Cormac McCarthy, he's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/there-are-certain-writers-i-can-t-read-when-i-m-trying-to-write/) [Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/molly-antopol-20696_different_there-are-certain-writers-i-can-t-read-w_3082724.jpg) > [When we have a favorite writer, it's always the places where they grew up, lived, worked, and that they recreated on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/when-we-have-a-favorite-writer-it-s-always-the-places-where-they-grew/) [Walter Kirn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kirn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/walter-kirn-2189_always_when-we-have-a-favorite-writer-it-s-alwa_2996096.png) > [In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-horton-cooley/in-most-cases-a-favorite-writer-is-more-with-us-in-his-book-than-he/) [Charles Horton Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-horton-cooley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/charles-horton-cooley-8362_admire_in-most-cases-a-favorite-writer-is-more_1142341.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/favorite-writer/#itemlist", "name": "Favorite Writer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My favorite writer is Alice Munro. 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I should like as a matter of curiosity to see and hear for a moment the men whose works I admire; but I should hardly expect to find further intercourse particularly profitable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Horton Cooley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-horton-cooley/in-most-cases-a-favorite-writer-is-more-with-us-in-his-book-than-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/charles-horton-cooley-8362_admire_in-most-cases-a-favorite-writer-is-more_1142341.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/charles-horton-cooley-8362_admire_in-most-cases-a-favorite-writer-is-more_1142341.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/charles-horton-cooley-8362_admire_in-most-cases-a-favorite-writer-is-more_1142341.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh…” — Charles Horton Cooley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/favorite-writer/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/favorite-writer/", "name": "Favorite Writer Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/favorite-writer/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/chloe-benjamin-15855_amazing_my-favorite-writer-is-alice-munro-it-s-s_1259332.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 11 Favorite Writer quotes by 11 authors. 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