Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
“The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story” — Brandt Legg Copy Share Image
Writers' communities are very helpful to writers because it gives them a way to try out their stuff short of publication. — Robert Munsch Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
“I love Edit. He gives me tons of second chances to make things just right between us.” — Buffy Andrews Copy Share Image
Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
It's very hard to turn writers against each other, believe it or not. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
Some writers research in order to write. I write in order to research topics that interest me. Especially if I can meet… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
It is fascinating to me that when the lists of the great writers are trotted out year after year, you often find… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed by writers who say, 'Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal… — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
When we created 'Goodness Gracious Me,' it was quoting 'Python' and Woody Allen lines that really bonded the writers, and the 'Spamalot'… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
Writers need to be tough. This is not for the weak of will. And we have to realize that, yeah, it's never… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
“When the last autumn of Dickens's life was over, he continued to work through his final winter and into spring. This is… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
The first thing I would say to young writers is, "Don't do it, unless you can't stand not to do it." And… — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
“You do not need to be temperamental or upset to be a novelist. Don’t embrace the tortured artist rhetoric that any life… — Bryant A. Loney Copy Share Image
“Rigorous extrapolation, a gosh-wow love of gadgets, and mystical adventures in strange and mysterious places; every major stream in speculative fiction today… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I get invited to do panels with other Brooklyn writers to discuss what it's like to be a writer in Brooklyn. I… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“People have an idea of what writers are: crazy; intellectual; moody; slightly more interesting than other people. Sometimes you just have to… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
It's very hard to be a screenwriter. I remember getting a couple of awards. I got a PEN West award a million… — Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
“Just because they write something In this font And break apart their lines To rhyme To dramatize To imitate Doesn’t make what… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
“Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine.” — Chriscinthia Blount Copy Share Image
