Writer Quotes · Page 257

The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist.

— Charles R. Jackson

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God.

— Nick Hornby

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

— Toni Morrison

If something comes up I might write about it, but without an outlet the whole thing winds down.

— Don McLean

Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I never wrote anything that was published until I was forty.

— James A. Michener

“when ever you read a good book somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light”

— Vera Nazarian

“5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when…

— Jack Hayford

“Of course the moment I saw the books, I was overcome with pleasure. This always happens with me. I feel foolishly safe…

— Anne Rice

“I love books. I love that moment when I open one and sink into it. I can escape from the world, into…

— Anonymous

On the whole, I don't want to think too much about why I write what I write. If I know what I'm…

— Joan Didion

The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so…

— Patrick deWitt

The writer is always to some extent in exile, wherever he is, because he is somehow outside, separated from others; there is…

— Ismail Kadaré

It's a sort of philosophy you cook up for yourself. You probably write things the same as everybody else, but it's your…

— Jim Capaldi

“Is it crazy to say that I sometimes don't understand what I write but I write it anyway, because maybe someone, somewhere,…

— Nema Al-Araby

A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented…

— Carl Sagan

When it [truth] emerges it often bears out the saying that 'truth is stranger than fiction.' A novelist has to appear plausible,…

— Bill Vaughan

I'm a storyteller - that's my chamber, that's my box. I'm always tryin' to give you the best story from our side…

— Raekwon

“And this is the library,” Mrs. Simcosky said, leading Beth into a generous room with a fire flickering in a river rock…

— Trish McCallan

I am thrilled to write 'The Treasure Chest,' and to bring to life not only the childhoods of famous people from history,…

— Ann Hood

I have my writing therapy. For me, writing and friends therapy is an internal journey where you go in deep, you reflect,…

— Loung Ung

“You make faces when you read, you know. I can always tell when you're reading something happy or suspenseful, or upsetting. Your…

— Alicia Thompson

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers…

— Anonymous

“To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful.”

— robert m drake

If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

— Terry Brooks

Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons.

— Joe Queenan

It's deprivation that makes people writers, if they have it in them to be a writer.

— William Maxwell

Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.

— Cornelia Funke

Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books

— Aravind Adiga

I'm a total ho for any writing workshop, any technique from anyone.

— Travis Morrison

“Amateurs try to write in one go; professionals draft and draft again.”

— Alastair Fowler

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

— Anatole France

One must never judge the writer by the man; but one may fairly judge the man by the writer.

— Louis Kronenberger

“There's no such thing as 'no market'. Some books are just niche orientated that's all.”

— Jo Linsdell

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

— Len Deighton

“There is nothing better than a quiet night, a cup of tea, and a quiet place to read a good book,”

— Deb Pearson

I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.

— Catie Curtis

I'm a novelist at heart. How's that? And that's how I make my living, is I write novels.

— Nicholas Sparks

All readers are good readers, when they have the right book.

— Jeanne Henry