“I am swimming in a sea of words, attempting to keep my head above water.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
I am aware that most 27-year-old writers do not co-host galas in their hometowns. — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
“Writers don't sleep. Writers keep writing in their heads while they're dreaming.” — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
Not that many people, even contemporary writers, write about right now. — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me. — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content. — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Writers may be classified as meteors, planets, and fixed stars. They belong not to one system, one nation only, but to the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
When the writers themselves are a bit out of control, and their lives are collapsing around them, they seem to rejoice in… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
What we need to do, as writers, is find out where our market is and adapt to it. I'm not saying that… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
My experience tells me that any time you hear people laughing on a sitcom, it's the writers who happen to be closest… — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
“Who’s to say what a ‘literary life’ is? As long as you are writing often, and writing well, you don’t need to… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
I personally read criticism - at least by writers I enjoy - to stimulate a conversation in my own mind, and I… — Ben Brantley Copy Share Image
Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers mystics, painters, troubadours for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.” — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
All writers write about themselves, just as the old storytellers chose to tell stories that spoke to and about themselves. They call… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“HOW TO DRIVE A WRITER CRAZY “1. When he starts to outline a story, immediately give him several stories just like it… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“One of the shining exceptions in personalities is that writers do not need to be charismatic in their own persons; they are… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“I think (if I can make a judgement about writers coming into the business), I feel everybody is in a horrific hurry… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
“Most—but not all—of the writers I knew then were young men who cherished their independence, were unconcerned about job security, and were… — Sterling Lord Copy Share Image
Writers are egotists. All artists are. They can’t be altruists and get their work done. And writers love to whine about the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
