I get invited to do panels with other Brooklyn writers to discuss what it's like to be a writer in Brooklyn. I… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Since my romance novels had all been thrillers as well, it wasn't such a leap for me to move into the straight… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“It is an awesome tragedy in this life that, when asking what a person is and they reply doctor or lawyer or… — D.A. Botta Copy Share Image
The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think poetry is the only domain where a writer you like can truly be said to influence you, because you read… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I'm not your expert on Africa or animals or whatever. I'm not a travel writer or maker of documentaries. I was someone… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
“I am no longer a writer. Just an emotion. An emotion that is unable to stay within its own body, and is… — Zaeema J. Hussain Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that you might create any sort of character in a novel and there would be at least one… — Sōseki Natsume Copy Share Image
“A lady sent me an email recently advising me to change my environment. I guess she read through the lines of my… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
“Being a writer brings out a sassy woman inside me, and I love her so.” — Anna Bayes Copy Share Image
“We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them… — Pamela Glass Kelly Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job. — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“I know how you feel because I’ve been there too. I’ve hated and I’ve loved. I’ve seen my demons root and crawl… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
I like the idea of being a working writer, not of saying that it's going to take me 30 years to write… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
Every published writer, myself included, was at one time unpublished. All writers know what rejection feels like. — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“In an enchanting encounter with the myriad books that I met in a cosy book shop today, I couldn't help but get… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
When I write, I operate as a writer and a reader both - I never know what's going to happen. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
A writer is seldom satisfied with the condition he finds himself in. We're all given to fretting a lot. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Use love as the only instrument to question the world around you.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
I'm proudly a crime writer, but it would be really inaccurate to call me a mystery writer. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time. — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
“This is for everyone who has ever looked at the stars, or gazed from atop a hill, or across the sea and… — Tim Perkins Copy Share Image
“Haven't I told you scores of times, that you're always beginners, and the greatest satisfaction was not in being at the top,… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
