The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
There is only one trait that makes the writer. He is always watching. — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
It's not a college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell. — Polly Adler Copy Share Image
That's what makes writer's block so painful. You think the well has run dry, maybe somewhere in the heavens the tap has… — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
“Writing makes you a writer,” he’d told me. “If you get up every morning and write, then you’re a writer. Publishing doesn’t… — Joanna Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Who knows why we do it? And when we've done it, nobody wants it. Still we keep doing it. That's what makes… — Chloe Thurlow Copy Share Image
Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“What makes a writer successful is not money or fame (though both are nice) ... it's that in being true to her… — Miyoko Hikiji Copy Share Image
Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give… — Tony D'Souza Copy Share Image
I believe - I know (there are not many things I should care to dogmatize about, on the subject of writing) that… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
What I've become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you'd rather stick those pencils in your… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
Writers are outsiders, and usually not by their own choosing. It’s why they’re writers. If they didn’t feel alienated from human experience,… — Karen Karbo Copy Share Image
“Preoccupation with style will not produce it. No amount of editing and polishing will have any appreciable effect on the flavor of… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“You have made some notes, read some writing books, and done some research. Mostly what you've done is talk about writing a… — Pat Walsh Copy Share Image
I don't know what it is that makes a writer go to his desk in his shut-off room day after day after… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who write who don't have it. They're… — Paula Fox Copy Share Image
“HOW TO DRIVE A WRITER CRAZY “1. When he starts to outline a story, immediately give him several stories just like it… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“In my classes, we read great fiction obsessively, and then attempt to see how a writer managed to affect us. We try… — Dean Bakopoulos Copy Share Image
