“Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.” — Katerina Stoykova Klemer Copy Share Image
“You shouldn't write about your personal life', says the one feeling threatened by the truth to the writer.” — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have to go a little crazy before you can find sanity. I think I'm close.” — Tawny Lara Copy Share Image
For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along… — Brad Listi Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of writers that can get away with not being gifted with words. — Evanna Lynch Copy Share Image
“The Writers curse We have to write We have no choice We have stories to TELL” — Paul Barrell Copy Share Image
“Writers should measure their life not in years, but in moments of writing.” — J. Alchem Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
“One alphabet at a time, you can write an encyclopaedia. One word at a time, you can publish an entire library.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers,… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
I'm not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind,… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of… — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think they are writers who do not write. That "writers write" is meant to be self-evident. People like to say… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
Many people don't know that New Jersey is a fertile breeding ground for writers, some of them quite renowned. And I would… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
So many writers live their whole lives in rooms. You can be too civilised in the environment you have around you, too… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
“I have one word to say upon the subject of profound writers, who are grown very numerous of late; and I know… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“It's just that some of the people I've met through her, the athletes, the influencers and writers? They all have this same… — Angela Flournoy Copy Share Image
“A writer’s brain is full of little gifts, like a piñata at a birthday party. It’s also full of demons, like a… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
It is axiomatic among writers that no one ever sues the writer of an unsuccessful book. Just let a book go over… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
The never-ending competition between writers hasn't changed between 1868 and 2000. I used to belong to writers' workshops with other professionals, but… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“What these critics forget is that printing presses in themselves provide no guarantee of an enlightened outcome. People, not machines, made the… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Writers don't want to appear to be stupid. I don't know - maybe people become writers so that they can prove that… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
