Every so often, I'll get an idea from a dream, but most of the time, ideas come to me while I'm toiling… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
I've never been particularly interested in genre distinctions. They seem to me more useful to a librarian than to a writer. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
Before you're a writer, you're a citizen, a human being, and therefore the weapons of the citizen are at your disposal to… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Readers tell me that my novels are filled with significant mothers. Do I realize this? Do I do it on purpose? The… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom. — Cao Yu Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be a fashion writer but didn't want to contribute to the over-saturated market unless I could contribute… — Leandra Medine Copy Share Image
I've had a few jobs, but if you want to be a writer, you're better off getting a job that doesn't require… — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer, and I don't want there to be any mistake about that. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it. — David Simon Copy Share Image
I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've ever written and, as any writer will… — Malcolm Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
It seems natural to me that as a writer, you should have some kind of, you know, there should be some kind… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
As a writer, it is my job to tell a story. I don't want to get involved in social commentary; I just… — Nicola Monaghan Copy Share Image
Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I'm not a compulsive writer. I wish I could be compulsive about something. I have no regular writing routine. — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
There's only one common element that united every writer I've admired... they're all incredibly well-read. — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
