Writer Quotes · Page 556

“A great writer weaves words like a painter mixes colors.”

— James D. Maxon

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.

— Sara Gruen

“Isn’t that why all writers write? To inspire their readers?”

— Adam Langer

When I write, I operate as a writer and a reader both - I never know what's going to happen.

— Elizabeth Berg

I'm always jotting things down on pieces of paper. I've got pieces of paper all over my house.

— Don Henley

“If you write something that you love beyond all reason, it is wrong and you should strike it out.”

— William Faulkner

Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life.

— Patricia Reilly Giff

Life is like a Book of 3 Pages. 1st page is Birth And Last page is Death . Centre page is Empty…

— Ritu Ghatourey

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused…

— Dick Cavett

Because I am kind of distracted, I don't tend to sit at my desk 9 to 5. It can be two hours…

— Rick Riordan

Beauty and truth may be attributes of good writing, but if the writer deliberately aims at truth, he is likely to find…

— Northrop Frye

It is difficult to call myself a writer, even when I stand at a podium to receive a prize, I feel uncomfortable…

— Murong Xuecun

“Writing is the best. The writer has the real power. You can create something and the world will be forever indebted to…

— Amy Poehler

I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.

— Michael Palin

Actually, when I write, there is a feeling of necessity, of something that is stronger than myself that demands that I must…

— Jacques Derrida

I had this story that had been banging around in my head and I thought, 'I'll just see if there's anything there.'…

— Geraldine Brooks

I think when you've had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you've already…

— Lois Lowry

Good writing and dark wit always excite me and they come together thrillingly in this book. It has a quiet grip on…

— Jenny Diski

“Writing is emblematic art form, which means that the book will never be any greater than the writer’s ability to perceive, classify,…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Writing for children can be completely honest in non-cynical ways. In adult books you're required to be cynical. It embarrasses us to…

— Lloyd Alexander

Sometimes I write with a particular person in mind. I think it's fair to say that I write for a perceptive reader.…

— James Salter

The work reveals the creator - and as our universe in its vastness, its orderliness, its exquisite detail, tells us something of…

— Katherine Paterson

If reading becomes a bore, mental death is on the way. Children taught to read by tedious mechanical means rapidly learn to…

— Joan Aiken

Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.

— Dorothy Day

I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.

— Markus Zusak

Whatever (its) virtues, (the) writing explores the culture of work but marginalizes work itself.

— Maureen Corrigan

“I don’t know why I have to write down my fucking thoughts. What if I don’t have any thoughts?”

— Wade Kelly

“Everyone knows that books are better than life! That's why they're books!”

— Shainee Gabel

I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.

— Harlan Coben

Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers.

— Hillary Clinton

Reading is the only area of my life in which I prefer to be non-autonomous.

— Sophie Hannah

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.

— Anonymous

There's no such thing as writer's block. I'm brilliant all the time every day. It never stops.

— Dave Finkel

“Every good book should take you to a brand new world: enjoy the journey!”

— Lynn Hardy

“Great books help you understand, and they help you to feel understood.”

— John Green

Literature is a mountain made of gold in this poor world!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Until you opened it, the book was nothing that an untrained eye would look twice at.”

— Geraldine Brooks

You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.

— Sandra Brown