We need writers who know the difference between the production of a commodity and the practice of an art. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“No.' It's not a bad word. And it is very important to use at times. Practice saying it in the mirror. It's… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
Writers are those weird people that can break through misunderstandings and deliver stories that speak to many. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different. — Rene Russo Copy Share Image
“Ah the dreams of being a writer… They always smell of old research books and several cups of coffee.” — Laís Queiroz Copy Share Image
Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job. — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
Rowling is a luminous storyteller. I love her sense of humor and the intricate wizarding world she built around Hogwarts. I think… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“There's this word Libel that people love to pass around when filing lawsuits against someone who accurately described them in a publication.… — Niedria Kenny Copy Share Image
“Writing is not a job description. A great deal of it is luck. Don't do it if you are not a gambler… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where… — Margaret Chittenden Copy Share Image
“A work of art doesn’t need to provide complete answers in order to succeed. It needs only to excite us into asking… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant,… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“When many story-tellers occupy themselves with a social world which offers no great variety of lively action, their stories will probably resemble… — Mary Lascelles Copy Share Image
“Don't say it is too hard or you can't find the words and please don't tell me there isn't enough time in… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
If you look at most womens writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often… — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
“The writers I most enjoy reading, even in gritty, down-to-earth genres, have a touch of the poet in them; they can create… — Charles Kowalski Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that writers and creative artists generally have to deal with is the censors that we have… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
