I just feel the need as a writer to try something kind of deep and fulfilling. — Frank Peretti Copy Share Image
I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
As a writer, you always try to imagine, 'What if I were in a situation like this? How would I react?' — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
[A writer] should try not to be too far, personally, below the level of his work. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
I'm not a very intentional writer. I try to be as unintentional as possible. What I basically try to do is invite… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“@bobbybaird i'm a writer, so are you. we try to compose our thoughts and words for effect as well as sense. vain… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I'm still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can't imagine having done anything else.… — Peter Gzowski Copy Share Image
I never really have blank page syndrome. I don't get blocked. I have a plan for my novel before I start which,… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
I try not to push characters too close to myself because they get harder to write, but as a writer, you try… — Tom King Copy Share Image
I think my job is to try and be as honest as I can with what is in my mind and how… — Paul Thomas Anderson Copy Share Image
Many years ago... many, many years ago, I brought up a boy, and I said to him, 'Son, if you ever become… — Walter Huston Copy Share Image
If you never look just wrong to your contemporaries you will never look just right to posterity - every writer has to… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
When I was thinking about these women characters, no matter how bad a person I am - a bad writer, my limitations,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living,… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
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