Writer Quotes · Page 540

Rebecca [West] can handle a pen as brilliantly as ever I could and much more savagely.

— George Bernard Shaw

“The most important thing to do when writing a book is to finish it.”

— Suzanna Reeves

“Writer? A complimentary term to conceal one’s insanities.”

— Coco J. Ginger

I am extremely passionate about reading and like to read about anything and everything under the sun.

— Asin

“My library isn't very extensive but every book in it is a friend.”

— L.M. Montgomery

I think that all writing is in search of lost time. I'm starting to realise that very clearly.

— Ruth Ozeki

I revise obsessively. It's important to me to have a clean page.

— Wentworth Miller

I'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write.

— Katherine Paterson

“Stop to read good writers who are witty and are fun, 'cause that's the kind of fuel on which your Train of…

— Mister Lemur

Reading opens your mind and helps you understand and empathize with people who are unlike you and outside your breadth of experience.

— George Pelecanos

“Approaching quietly, she knelt on the carpet at her side, and looked over her little shoulder at her book. It was a…

— Charlotte Brontë

You have to be able to play: this is spontaneous interaction, and it flexes all the creative muscles you need as a…

— Catherine Brady

Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With…

— Haruki Murakami

My mom worked as a pharmacist, but she is one of the best storytellers I know. My sister is a gospel and…

— Tunde Adebimpe

I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person to begin with and go on that basis. He's not…

— Erskine Caldwell

“Digital books are in some ways hastening the lazy, solipsistic narcissism of our culture. We use our gadgets as proxies for other…

— Jason Merkoski

“In the midst of this hormonal gloom, however, the calvary finally arrives, over the hill, jangling its spurs, and epaulettes shining in…

— Caitlin Moran

“I, too, like to read. Once a month, I go to the local branch. For myself, I pick a novel and, for…

— Nicole Krauss

For many, many years, I thought that I wasn't good enough or that I would never be able to create something that…

— Marie Rutkoski

“If Laura was so prolific with poems, and in truth she was, then what was the problem with Megan’s request? Couldn’t Laura,…

— L.L. Barkat

I recommend for any basic course on the Beat Generation to familiarize yourself with 'The Idiot,' Prince Myshkin. He was Dostoyevsky's idea…

— Allen Ginsberg

I became a writer not because my father was one - my father made false teeth for a living. I became a…

— Richard Rodriguez

“Anyway, in the interim since I turned writer—a good thirty years—I have hobnobbed with all varieties of man, from the highest to…

— Henry Miller

To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them when our own knowledge and power fail;…

— John Ruskin

“Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it”

— Anonymous

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Nobody hits it right more of the time than E. B. White: "All writing is both a mask and an unveiling.”

— Jeri Parker

Fiction—and poetry and drama— cleanse the doors of perception.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Travelling is difficult, and writers tend to want to stay at home and do their work.

— Tibor Fischer

“Never chew off the hand you write with, you might survive and have to sign autographs.”

— Jarod Kintz

Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched.

— Carl Hiaasen

“AuthorZoom- You do the writing, let us do the rest.”

— Christopher Seufert

I never told anybody I wanted to write, I kind of fell into it backwards.

— Max Lucado

The knowledge and insights you can get in just one day at a writers' conference make it worth the trip.

— Tomi Adeyemi

The books you love best - those are the immensity of the sea.

— Kevin Brockmeier

“Writing is the most cathartic experience of my life.”

— April Wood

I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.

— Franz Kafka

When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.

— Vivek Shraya

The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.

— Mickey Spillane

“This book does not exist. And even if it did, it wouldn’t be worth buying or reading.”

— Jarod Kintz