Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
“i didn't call myself a writer until everyone else did. i knew it was real then.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
I do write about race a lot, but I don't think writers - of any shade or background or whatever - have… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point. — George D. Prentice Copy Share Image
Most writers who leave their country physically have already left it mentally and emotionally. — Ariel Dorfman Copy Share Image
Writers must... take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“Some of the best books published every year are penned by talented writers whose identity the public will never know.” — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“Falling in love with a writer is a dangerous thing, isn't it? The only thing you get out of it sometimes is… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
It's often said that writers sometimes need to go around the block a few times to get where they're going. — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“Storytelling is ultimately the only way that we know besides song, dance, painting, and music to share with our tribesmen what it… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The deaf culture is portrayed very accurately on 'Switched at Birth' because the writers did the opposite of the norm. They did… — Sean Berdy Copy Share Image
“NEWSPAPER: What great paper is the Earth; what a typeface is the Day; what ink is the Night! – Everyone prints, everyone… — Xavier Forneret Copy Share Image
“His only part in the story: to observe and remember the chain of events. Not all of us will be cast in… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share Image
I don't think she is underappreciated, certainly not among writers, but Alice Munro is the classic underappreciated writer among readers. It is… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
As a writer I am a virtual pain in the ass. Not only do I unearth the family skeletons, I polish them… — Yust Lundberg Copy Share Image
We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
“If there's another writer, like Ross McDonald or Raymond Chandler, and all they're writing are mysteries, they won't be accepted," he said.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“If writers only dared to dare, a Suetonius or a Tacitus of the Novel could exist, for the Novel is essentially the… — Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
I'm always conscious when I'm writing a story that the women in my books need to save themselves. They don't need to… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“Every so often I'll hear writers say that there are other writers they would read if for no other reason than to… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“Possibly there are few imaginative writers who have not a leaning, secret or avowed, to the occult. The creative gift is in… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
“To return to antiquity [in literature]: that has been done. To return to the Middle Ages: that too has been done. Remains… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
![“To return to antiquity [in literature]: that has been done. To return to the Middle Ages: that too has been done. Remains the present day. But the ground is shaky: so where can you set the foundations? An answer to this question must be found if one is to produce anything vital and hence lasting…” quote by Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5fb/gustave-flaubert-354_books_to-return-to-antiquity-in-literature-tha_2381872.jpg)
