The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
If my mother hadn't been trying to be a writer, I don't know if I would have thought of it myself. — John Updike Copy Share Image
“I'm not trying as a writer to be smart or to understand the inner workings of my narrator, I'm trying to survive… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer. — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
As soon as I start to write I'm very aware, I'm trying to be aware that a reader just might well pick… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Punk gave you a kind of chutzpah, so even trying to be a writer, I just thought, 'Well, I'm going to send… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I feel like I have to be a walking encyclopedia - I constantly have to be explaining myself - especially when I… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
