My own accumulation of influences is actually what made me a writer in the first place. — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There's a half-conscious state you enter when you're actually generating prose, and you are simply a better writer in that place. In… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
“It isn’t much, but it allows the writer a place of reflection, a place to discuss anything with nobody.” — Forbes West Copy Share Image
