But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that New York held its temptations for any writer - it still does. — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
To imagine yourself inside another person...is what a story writer does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
The original writer is not he who does not imitate others, but he who can be imitated by none — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A writer who does not write is a deplorable thing, like an emaciated dog lost from home.” — Wesley D. Gray Copy Share Image
“There is a difference between an author and a writer. The author never gives up when things go wrong, but the writer… — Millicent Ashby Copy Share Image
Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
The story knows itself better than the writer does at some point, knows what's being said before the writer figures out how… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think the only way to do the kind of job a writer does is push… — Marc Guggenheim Copy Share Image
By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've examined… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“We must remember that what a writer does to people is not necessarily what he intends to do. It may be only… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I wrote my book 'The Amorous Busboy Of Decatur Avenue' completely like a writer does, writing it down, re-writing everything. But in… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially… — Mark Romanek Copy Share Image
There are writers who can show you the excellence of their brains and writers who show you the depths of their souls:… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
As much as I'm enjoying stuff out here in Hollywood, I will always think of myself as a comic-book writer who does… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
When I see things in the world that leap out at me, I want to make use of them in fiction. Maybe… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
That's really the essence of what any fiction writer does. Some of it is research-based, but most of it is a really… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
what a writer does is to try to make sense of life. I think that's what writing is, I think that's what… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
Entertain, yes. That goes without saying. But a good writer does that automatically, it's built into the machine. Telling a thumpingly good,… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy.… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
I do my best writing between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.. Almost every friend I have who is a consistently productive writer,… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Is this a case of “Do as I say, not as I do?” The reader has a perfect right to ask the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace: What writers have is a license and also the freedom to sit—to sit, clench their fists, and make themselves… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it and it has not changed except to become… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“As a writer you slant all evidence in favor of the conclusions you want to produce and you rarely tilt in favor… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“The truly great writer does not want to write. He wants the world to be a place in which he can live… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I just did what any writer does, tried to listen to the characters, whether they're 18 or 80. — Ol Parker Copy Share Image
[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is. — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“A true writer does not seek wealth or fame does seek to find himself in each of his readers souls.” — Julia Joanne Black Copy Share Image
You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I do feel like that's what a writer does, is he goes into other people's heads. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
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