Writers were a strange sort; I knew that much from the newspapers. — Chris Priestley Copy Share Image
“Just because I'm a writer doesn't mean that my personal experiences are embellished. Every life has a story.” — Terry a O'Neal Copy Share Image
“Me to Comma: I will never get use to you wanting to butt your way into my sentences -- even if you're… — Buffy Andrews Copy Share Image
Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Writers are a superior breed. No one else can face so much rejection and still thrive.” — Susie Smith Copy Share Image
There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.” — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I added 'writers' to my list of people not to trust. They make everything up. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I started my blog in 2002. That was pre-MySpace, pre-Facebook. That was back before newspapers realized they were going out of business.… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
I don't think she is underappreciated, certainly not among writers, but Alice Munro is the classic underappreciated writer among readers. It is… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
As a writer I am a virtual pain in the ass. Not only do I unearth the family skeletons, I polish them… — Yust Lundberg Copy Share Image
How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
When I first read the story 'Guts' in workshop - my fellow writers that I've been meeting with for almost 20 years… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Let life be the foundation. Be brave. Wander deep inside yourself to the little room no one knows about. Fling the door… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
Someone once busted on me on facebook for liking one of my own posts. Why the hell would I have posted it… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
After Bush was elected in 2004 - please note that I didn't say 're-elected' - and I was walking around in my… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
People meet writers and are bowled over when the writer is friendly to them and invites them to his house for a… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
We writers don't really think about whether what we write is good or not. It's too much to worry about. We just… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
I think people do look to writers to tell the truth in a way that nobody else quite will, not politicians or… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“I think there are writers who take a quieter approach to their work — one that is just about respectfully showing up… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“We writers constantly try to build up our own confidence by getting published, making sales, winning prizes, joining cliques or proclaiming theories.… — Boria Sax Copy Share Image
Writers are greatly respected. The intelligent public is wonderfully patient with them, continues to read them, and endures disappointment after disappointment, waiting… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
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