Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
The better the writers the less they will speak about what they have written themselves. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
People only become writers if they can't find the one book they've always wanted to read. — Virginia Woolf 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
“Writers aren't born, they're made--from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.” — Alexander Chee 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
Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
It's fun when you have a whole team of writers that really like writing for someone; you always end up with some… — Adrian Pasdar Copy Share Image
I was only ever part of 'Lost' - a very small part of an extremely talented writers' room, where as a writer,… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I grew up in North Dakota around Dakota and Ojibwe people, and also small-town people in Wahpeton. Writers make few choices, really,… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't enjoy other people, but what I find with writers is this back and forth. And also, there's… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“When that little clock on my wall says “Olaotan! Olaotan!! Olaotan!!! It’s half past time to write”, I only have three things… — Olaotan Fawehinmi Copy Share Image
Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Let me tell you, if I could write one-tenth as fast as some of my friends, I'd be made. I'd be it.… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Nick Flynn is another writer I admire - his fragmented sections, his playfulness with genre, his urgency. The palette in his work… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
“The life of a writer is directed by a mad impulsive muse, that can tell them to cancel all their storyline: a… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I never considered myself a writer. I'm a teacher. In a way, I feel kind of... kind of guilty for all the… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
“People disappear when they die. Their voice, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones. All living memory… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
When somebody wants to write an article attacking a scoring system or the influence of wine writers, who's right in the cross… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
“I often said that writers are of two types. There is the architect, which is one type. The architect, as if designing… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Usually, when you're talking about work with other writers it's because something seriously bad is going on with your work and you've… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“What did one see if one looked in any depth into the world of this writer's fiction? Elegant self-control concealing from the… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
The notion of the Internet as a force of political and social revolution is not a new one. As far back as… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
“J'ai un but, une tâche, disons le mot, une passion. Le métier d'écrire en est une violente et presque indestructible." ("I have… — George Sand Copy Share Image
Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, imprisonment of writers practically comes with the territory. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“I am swimming in a sea of words, attempting to keep my head above water.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes. — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
We should write, above all, because we are writers, whether we call ourselves that or not. — Julia Cameron 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
“Sometimes you have to go a little crazy before you can find sanity. I think I'm close.” — Tawny Lara 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
Our artists and writers should not be forced like soldiers to die on foreign soil or to return wounded and crawl famously… — Derek Walcott 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
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
Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from. — Ravi Subramanian 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
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