“The pen to a writer is like a cigarette to a smoker; they need it to take the edge off.” — Kellie Elmore Copy Share Image
I'm not as good a prose writer as I'd like to be, but I never aspired to that. — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. — Lawrence Kasdan Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is like standing naked in the High Street hoping people won't find you ridiculous.” — Graham Storrs Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read. — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
The reason I became a writer is because I like sitting in dark rooms by myself, not standing on stage and talking… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
The writer, like everyone else, is equipped in infancy with a thick padding of things he believes to be true, but which… — Jon Franklin Copy Share Image
You become a writer because you like to be alone in a room with your books. — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn't get his ideas from… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“…a writer, like most artists, needs a partner who can act as the fuel to his artistic mind and soul, yet has… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“You cannot teach creativity—how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
The literary interview won't tell you what a writer is like. Far more compellingly to some, it will tell you what a… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“As a writer, I like the list of "things to strive for" that Richard Yates kept above his typewriter: genuine clarity genuine… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn't… — David Grann Copy Share Image
Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer-he bides his time, waits for the perfect wave on which to… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I'm not a natural writer like, let's say - I'm not talking about Arthur Miller; that's a whole other thing - but… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Well,the fun part of being a writer is that it's like making a wonderful film, with no limit on my budget. I… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
I've always claimed that success in writing - provided of course one had what it takes to make a writer - is… — Emilie Loring Copy Share Image
“As far as my characters doing what I want them to, I'm afraid I'm not a real writer like the rest of… — Jessie Chandler Copy Share Image
I do find that people are incredibly naive about what it is to be a writer. Like you would pay an incredible… — Faith Adiele Copy Share Image
Marrying the right girl is even more imperative today than it was when I was 23 years old because it's so much… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about doing television is that I don't feel like I'm just purely a writer. I like… — Stephanie Savage Copy Share Image
I guess I've always wanted to create my own stories, but writing was one of those things where I thought that I… — Erin Maya Darke Copy Share Image
“You know that you are a writer if you are imaginative. You know that you are a writer if you are curious.… — Jon Scieszka Katie DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“When I write something I usually think it is very important and that I am a very fine writer. I think this… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
“Why shouldn’t I? I demand silently. Why shouldn’t I become a famous writer? Like Norman Mailer. Or Philip Roth. And F. Scott… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Asking a writer why they like to write {in the theoretical sense of the question} is like asking a person why they… — Rachel Heffington Copy Share Image
A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff. — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
