Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
It's very hard to tell somebody how to write when they're so good, and they're a brilliant writer and a really good… — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
Let me now praise the American writer James Dickey. In 1970, his novel 'Deliverance' was published. I found it to be 278… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“My words emerge as a stallion standing firm even when none have the ability to ride them.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want… — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my own. I always… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
“To those that don't believe I'm worth more than what they think of other authors, to hell with them. Call me arrogant… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
I tend to describe recurring themes as being part of a writer's DNA - something so deeply embedded in us that even… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“You see, unlike most writers today, I do not use a computer. I write the old-fashioned way: on the walls of caves.” — Cuthbert Soup Copy Share Image
I used to write in a local coffee shop, but there was another guy, another writer, who kept sitting in my favorite… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“I am a master wordsmith. I have the ability to bend words at will and invoke feelings with the stroke of my… — J.A. ANUM Copy Share Image
I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer. — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape… — Carly Craig Copy Share Image
When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
A writer's definitive death is when no one reads his books anymore. That's the final death. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful. — Moby Copy Share Image
From 2001-2008, I was the host and a writer for the WB's weekly television program 'Weddings Portland Style.' — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
“In my stories, I wrote Malcolm as fire and gold and power, but here in my arms, Colin is cedar, silver, and… — Jacqueline E. Smith Copy Share Image
My novel got published, and I became a paid writer, which was nice, and then it came out, and nobody bought it,… — Tom King Copy Share Image
The public figure of the writer, the writer-character, the 'personality-cult' of the author, are all becoming for me more and more intolerable… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“Sitting to think of what to write will only set your ass on fire, give you headache, twist your face to look… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
