--- title: "10 Writer Ability Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Writer Ability quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Writer Ability sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/mel-brooks-2308_ability_every-human-being-has-hundreds-of-separa_2861362.png" --- > [Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/every-human-being-has-hundreds-of-separate-people-living-under-his-2/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/mel-brooks-2308_ability_every-human-being-has-hundreds-of-separa_2861362.png) > [As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinaw-mengestu/as-for-most-writers-language-is-vital-for-me-a-writer-s-ability-to/) [Dinaw Mengestu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinaw-mengestu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/dinaw-mengestu-12378_ability_as-for-most-writers-language-is-vital-fo_2002886.png) > [“The best thing about being a writer is the ability to live vicariously through your own imagination, with no boundaries as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-goodwin/the-best-thing-about-being-a-writer-is-the-ability-to-live/) [Dawn Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/dawn-goodwin-73767_writing_the-best-thing-about-being-a-writer-is-t_1931399.jpg) > [The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/the-road-to-wisdom-is-paved-with-excess-the-mark-of-a-true-writer-is/) [Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/walt-whitman-265_ability_the-road-to-wisdom-is-paved-with-excess_2769258.png) > [I actually was a writer who had the ability to perform his own work as opposed to a comedian who wrote his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/i-actually-was-a-writer-who-had-the-ability-to-perform-his-own-work/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/george-carlin-155_ability_i-actually-was-a-writer-who-had-the-abil_2758598.jpg) > [“Writing is emblematic art form, which means that the book will never be any greater than the writer’s ability to perceive, classify,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/writing-is-emblematic-art-form-which-means-that-the-book-will-never/) [Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/kilroy-j-oldster-1049_art_writing-is-emblematic-art-form-which-mea_1072554.jpg) > [What interests me very much as a writer is the ability for writing to have our lives to be occupied so vividly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/what-interests-me-very-much-as-a-writer-is-the-ability-for-writing-to/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/nicole-krauss-920_ability_what-interests-me-very-much-as-a-writer_2026242.jpg) > [ The most important thing a writer can have \[is\] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-most-important-thing-a-writer-can-have-is-the-ability-to-live/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/hunter-s-thompson-278_ability_the-most-important-thing-a-writer-can-ha_2177091.jpg) > [For any writer, the ability to look at a sentence and see what's superfluous, what can be altered, revised, expanded, and, especially,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/for-any-writer-the-ability-to-look-at-a-sentence-and-see-what-s/) [Francine Prose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-prose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/francine-prose-9354_ability_for-any-writer-the-ability-to-look-at-a_3218272.jpg) > [As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-every-writer-knows-there-is-something-mysterious-about-the-writer/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/anonymous-1_ability_as-every-writer-knows-there-is-something_1482342.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer-ability/#itemlist", "name": "Writer Ability Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. 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