When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. — Willie Morris Copy Share Image
Every writer knows a lot more about their characters and story than actually makes it onto the page. — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist. — Charles R. Jackson Copy Share Image
Any writer knows that what's left out is as essential, if not more so, than what's there. Unlearning works that way. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work. — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least. — Frank Moore Colby Copy Share Image
“Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.” — Nataly Kelly Copy Share Image
I often get asked how I write so much. As any writer knows, the answer is to write a lot more than… — Brad Feld Copy Share Image
Personally, I am always more impressed by simplicity, clarity; it is the mark of a writer who knows his subject well and… — Noah Lukeman Copy Share Image
Any writer knows he has to pay for his compliments. As soon as he has said, Why, thank you, that's very generous… — Mary Jane Ward Copy Share Image
It's always incredible though when you feel like the writer knows the character intimately and can see their life sprawling away outside… — Charlotte Ritchie Copy Share Image
If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
No writing effort is ever wasted. At the very least, it's practice, and a writer never knows when he or she might… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
The short-story writer knows that he can't proceed cumulatively, that time is not his ally. His only solution is to work vertically,… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
“It is a wise writer who knows his own subconcious." And not only knows it but lets it speak of the world… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“There is this quality esteemed within every good writer. She knows…she knows that truth must be un-sheltered within every human transition phase… — Dew Platt Copy Share Image
Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Every writer knows the terror of an unexpected success. How to carry on? How to repeat it? — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
Every writer knows that unless you were born gifted with either supreme confidence or outsize ego, handing in your work holds, in… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line often separates affirmation from negation, sense from… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“Art educates. That's why writers must know life. . .If the writer knows life, his work is often progressive, even though his… — slawomir mrozek Copy Share Image
Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
If a writer knows what he or she is doing, I'll go along for the ride. If he or she doesn't... well,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. He must always be a stranger… — William Morris Copy Share Image
