“I was smarter than him because I had a pen and God was my writer.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I've never discovered the idea for my next novel while I was still working on the current novel. Other writers don't suffer… — James Thayer Copy Share Image
Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
A lot of writers write for an audience that's going to understand them. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I admire writers who can remain objective and distanced, but that doesn't seem to be in my toolbox, somehow. — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
“Nothing leaves a scar upon an Authors heart more than a book they've written with purpose going unread.” — Mark W Boyer Copy Share Image
“He admired writers whose own stories were as interesting as the ones they wrote.” — Adam Langer Copy Share Image
I've taken a lot of crap. That's just the way life is. There are going to be writers who like you and… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I think that most of the children's writers live in the world that they've created, and their children are kind of phantoms… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
“I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. He must always be a stranger… — William Morris Copy Share Image
Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting… — Natalie Goldberg 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
One of the things my friends would tell you is that I hang out with a lot of non-writers - just regular… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“How do you write? You write, man, you write, that’s how…If you practice an art faithfully it will make you wise, and… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“I’ve often envied those writers in the Western world who can peacefully practice their craft and earn a living thereby… What [the… — KEN SARO WIWA written to PEN Center USA from his prison cell in Nigeria shortly before his execution Copy Share Image
“For a long time, I felt like I was destined to inherit a certain kind of life and so I wouldn’t let… — Kenny Porpora Copy Share Image
Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
There are as many routes to writing success as there are writers who got there. My advice, however, applies across the board:… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
“Writing and other efforts to produce an enduring piece of artwork is a gallant response to the prospect of death. Every person… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their personal feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“I hate to be a nag, but you have got to read. Like most authors, I run creative writing workshops from time… — Sarah Harrison Copy Share Image
How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
I had no ghost writers for the books - I wrote every line myself. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
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