Writer Quotes · Page 39

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

— Shiloh Fernandez

I'm a writer; I like to retain subtlety and nuance.

— Lois Lowry

It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.

— Will Self

Increasingly, there are those of us who write from outside the center, and those are the writers that I'm most interested in…

— Aminatta Forna

Every writer is an outsider.

— Andrew Sean Greer

“So all you desi boys and girls, dark skin or not, you are beautiful just the way you are. No need to…

— Simi Sunny

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

— Dani Shapiro

My father was weaned on books. I'm halfway between being weaned on books and weaned on television. And if you're weaned on…

— James Burrows

I see myself as, first and above all, a teacher of history; next, a writer of European history; next, a commentator on…

— Tony Judt

“I'm an alien in my own world, a writer without words, a musician without a piano, a magician without a wand. I…

— Nema Al-Araby

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted…

— Tobias Wolff

To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have…

— V. S. Naipaul

In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty…

— Tracy Letts

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.

— Salman Khan

The first time I went to Helene Hanff's apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

I have always aspired to be a writer, be it as an author or a screenwriter, whatever the medium.

— Kanika Dhillon

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

— Markus Zusak

I'm a rock climber, a high-altitude climber, an adventurer, a storyteller through my museums, and a writer of more than 50 books.

— Reinhold Messner

“Even on the silent days, believe your ship will come.”

— Shana Chartier

When you sit down to write, you have to be prepared to strip all of those voices away, all of the censors…

— Pearl Cleage

Paul Laverty is a wonderful writer and we've worked together for a quarter of a century.

— Ken Loach

“I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own…

— Mitch Albom

I get inspired by my friends, and if a friend is a writer, that is even deeper.

— Nick Flynn

“When I write fiction, I struggle to decide the fate of two people created by my mind and spend countless hours to…

— Shahla Khan

“I want to burn with excitement or anger and bleed, bleed out my words. I want to get all fucked up and…

— Charlotte Eriksson