I knew early on that I was going to be a writer. I think it's something rather like a curse that you're… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
To an American writer, I should think it must be a flattering distinction to escape the admiration of the newspapers. — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first. — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker. — Conrad Hall Copy Share Image
As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent… — Samantha Morton Copy Share Image
I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I love to write. I'm not necessarily a joke writer, but I think I can find a lot of comedy in humanity,… — Heidi Gardner Copy Share Image
Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel like a British writer more so than I feel like an American writer. But I think that has to… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Maybe someone's who's a different kind of writer [would think otherwise] - someone who'd be just as comfortable writing essays on what… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I've never thought about the con of living in New York as a writer. Because I always think, Oh, what fun to… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
For a politician, the mans to power is paramount, and the ideology, in a way, can look after itself; I'm afraid a… — David Hare Copy Share Image
A lot of people think the best work I've done was nonfiction - the 'Brothers and Keepers' book. But I think of… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
The first writer that I think of immediately that I studied with at Michigan is Peter Ho Davies. He was really important… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you want to be a writer, you think that actually getting published will make you feel somehow more real to yourself.… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
When one crosses over from an activity, or the verb, of writing or doing, and becomes a noun, like "a writer" I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
A good writer - and I think it's this way with actors too - even if you have two lines, you have… — Alfre Woodard Copy Share Image
I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“When the memory of one's predecessors is buried, the assumption persists that there were none and each generation of women believes itself… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
I write a lot and I will have some originals on the record. I think it is a mistake for an artist… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“No, I don’t think my conscience would let me support a strike like that. When a man becomes a writer, I think… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr 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
“Um um um um um. This business of—this business about marketing yourself, there’s nothing wrong with that. Unless we’re allowed to think… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“I didn’t actually have to write a thing because the act of reading was my writing. I thought of myself as a… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“Young Castle called me "Scoop." "Good Morning, Scoop. What's new in the word game?" "I might ask the same of you," I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I always knew that I wanted to be a writer. I think I was six or seven when I learned how to… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
It's always been hard to call myself a writer. I think a part of me still thinks it's too good to be… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If you are a good writer - and I think I am - you are able to handle any kind of group… — Earl Hamner, Jr Copy Share Image
If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much… — John Scott Copy Share Image
As a writer, I think about films I work on in a traditional Hollywood kind of a way. I'm curious to see… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
I just want to be a free writer. I think I am serving my country and my people by providing an independent… — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image
“What kind of writer are you?” You can’t think of a single sentence that would satisfy Hyong-chol. Your” — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image