There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period. — Matthew Reilly Copy Share Image
“A writer will always be a writer. It's not a choice, it's a destiny.” — Stephanie Lennox Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“The problem with being a writer is that it’s not enough to be a writer; one must also be seen to be… — Paul Marlowe Copy Share Image
“Who knows why we do it? And when we've done it, nobody wants it. Still we keep doing it. That's what makes… — Chloe Thurlow Copy Share Image
As soon as you become a writer, you lose contact with ordinary experience or tend to. ... the worst fate of a… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur. — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write. This is very different from wanting to be a… — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can,… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share Image
But we should ask the question: Why should a writer be more than a writer? Why should a writer be a guru?… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
They talk about a lot of different things, but I think they definitely have the same school of thought as my husband… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job?… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
There is a reason there is no such thing as a folk writer. But to be a writer you have learn what… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“What is a writer? A writer is a magician who can create a masterpiece With a wave of a pencil A writer… — Carol Archer Copy Share Image
“Writer can’t be writer twenty-four hours; and they have many avtars.” — Shankar Lamichhane Copy Share Image
In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded,… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on… — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I wonder if I talk to myself becuase I'm a writer, or if I'm a writer because I talk to myself” — rosemary clement-moore Copy Share Image
First of all you are a writer, a writer is what you are, so it doesn't actually stop the moment you leave… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
“A writer is not a writer because he has written some books. A writer is not a writer because he teaches literature.… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Most written work is a conversation between the editor and the writer, that the writer essentially fulfills in public, and the editor… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image