Writer Quotes · Page 503

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery.

— George Orwell

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.

— Sharon Creech

Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!

— Clint Smith

“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”

— Leonard Bernstein

“The last page of a book is a sacred space that even lovers respect.”

— Tor Udall

Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing.

— Dave Barry

But who has time to write memoirs? Im still living my memoirs

— Anonymous

A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting.

— Louis L'Amour

I've always wanted to be a writer. Always been very creative. I always laughed at things that the rest of my family…

— Bonnie McFarlane

I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth…

— Anonymous

“There is nothing to writing. You nourish your creativity for months and years until you release your baby out into the world.”

— Lydia Larue

“As an author I'm in my head all day and I worry that I lose touch with reality. But then my dog…

— Michelle M. Pillow

“Books crawl down from the shelves; Read themselves through you; Read themselves at you. - Library of Force ”

— John Cale

I am always considering the reader. Although this is admittedly kind of odd: Which reader? On what day? In what mood? For…

— George Saunders

“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

I think parts of my soul have been saved by my writing, not in the sense of escaping death, but escaping the…

— Pattiann Rogers

There are two tests that we [writers] have for all of our writing: So What? and Who Cares? There is an answer…

— Richard Bach

“So go ahead. Do it—open the book. See? You see me, right? And I see you. See? I am reading your face,…

— Christopher Boucher

But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy,…

— Steve Almond

As an author, one of the most important things I think you can do once you've written a novel is step back.…

— Madeline Miller

One of the things people think about me is that I don't do deadlines. But if you look at all the books…

— Neal Adams

I haven't taught creative writing all that much (my CW teaching consists of a few summer workshops for elementary school children and…

— Mary J. Miller

For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. It doesn't matter how many words you wrote the day before, or…

— Lincoln Child

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each…

— Philip Roth

“As any avid reader knew, a good read deserved a good seat.”

— David S.E. Zapanta

I started writing seriously when I was a teenager, around 14 years old.

— Marie Lu

“Reading is a sojourn that takes you round the world without having to move a feet.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.

— Gail Tsukiyama

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

— Christopher Paolini

“I believe in magic. As a writer, I create them on blank paper.”

— Sonnia Kemmer

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

— Amy Winehouse

In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.

— Luc de Clapiers

I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth.

— Clive Cussler

Librarians are teaching the next generation how to use digital media responsibly.

— Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Come, my best friends, my best books, and lead me on.

— Abraham Cowley

It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.

— Victor Hugo

Everything I write means a lot to me because it is my head on paper.

— Mitch Lucker

I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still.

— Jami Attenberg

Reading for pleasure isn’t separate from learning to read.

— Pam Allyn

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

— John O'Hara