I became a reader - never mind a writer - because of Stephen King. — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
“... and it was quite a sad thing, the way I watched you sleep like nothing could go wrong and I did… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“My wish has always been to write my own story, to create a life that’s worth writing about. But is a story… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
At the end of the day I'm writing comedy. If you get too realistic as a comedy writer with your disasters, it… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
I write flawed characters. Ones that do not always make the best decisions and are driven by ambition or lust. They are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
There's a way in which filmmaking is a director's medium and television is a writer's medium, so even as TV gets more… — Alan Taylor Copy Share Image
I cut an imposing figure. I am large, and I'm tall, and I have tattoos. I am actually really quiet and shy,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer who looks for the fantastic and the sensational. I like the world we've got. If there is anything… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any writer ever abandons anything… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I'm not a good crime writer. I'm not good with plots... so I have to do something else. — Karin Fossum Copy Share Image
Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people. — Michael Patrick King Copy Share Image
When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I was busy with my family, my budding career as a TV writer, my antipathy for the Los Angeles Lakers, and my… — Richard E. Robbins Copy Share Image
A lot of my writer friends live near me, and that makes people think we just hang around with one another in… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive. — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
When I was a child, there was very little money, so I've always been concerned for my financial security, which has meant… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“The more I learned the less I felt I knew you and I got lost counting stars, I fell dreaming. Sometimes I’d… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
Reading a newspaper is like reading someone's letters, as opposed to a biography or a history. The writer really does not know… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
A writer can be identified just through his sigh, as a mouthful of words are flooded out in his single sigh. — Gulzar Copy Share Image