All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer. — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
When someone asks me now, "What do you do?" I will be able to say, "I am a writer." — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
When people say, Did you always want to be a writer?, I have to say no! I always WAS a writer. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book. — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
“If something must be said, it will say itself. The writer's task is to listen.” — Dalia Sofer Copy Share Image
“Don't say you're a writer if you're not writing. Even if you're writing, don't call yourself a writer. Say instead, 'I write.'… — Patti Digh Copy Share Image
In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially… — Mark Romanek Copy Share Image
“You say you're a writer but you're depressed. Not an excuse; write from there. Write some depressing sh*t. Believe me. You will… — Stanley Christopher Copy Share Image
In Chicago, if you tell someone you're a writer, they look at you suspiciously - as if to say "yeah, right." In… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
Personally, I like the social novel. I like writing that gets in and under the hood and looks about - at what's… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
When you're an actor working in the theater, you would never say anything to the writer, never alter the dialogue, never dream… — Jill Hennessy Copy Share Image
When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
I remember selling my first short story and thinking, Oh my god, I sold something for fifty dollars! That gives me the… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
I do feel like a fraud a lot of the time because I've never been interested in people who say 'I'm a… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
The thing I always say to any writer that I'm working with is: Just make sure that in any argument, EVERYONE is… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
“I am smiling a big adopted-orphan smile as I write this ... I still love scribbling the word - WRITER - any… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy… — Peter Fonda Copy Share Image
When I hear about some sensational new writer I sort of think, Shut up ... you've got to be around for a… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs,… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
Rewriting isn't just about dialogue, it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“All you had to say was, 'I am a writer,' and you became one. You didn't even have to write anything. You… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
“No one has expressed it better than a great novelist I heard once on a talk show who said something like "You… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I was afraid to become a writer. I didn't think I had the ability - it was too big a thing. Who… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“It’s just so typical. I’ve had writer’s block for days now− I literally couldn’t write a coherent sentence− then about a minute… — Emily Harper Copy Share Image
“The other thing that I would say about writer's block is that it can be very, very subjective. By which I mean,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“[W]hat is one to say of the writer who lies when he writes that he is lying?” — J.M.G. Le Clézio Copy Share Image
“On Twitter at last, and can't think of a thing to say. Some writer I turned out to be.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country. — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
What can I say: I'm a writer - I enjoy forcing pain and suffering on my characters! — Marie Lu 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
I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“Never say you can't be a writer or a script writer, remember how well, characters in your dreams said their dialogues.” — Dipesh Nepal Copy Share Image
They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Aunt Lovey used to tell me that if I wanted to be a writer, I needed a writer's voice. 'Read,' she'd say,… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
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