There are seldom more than a couple of students in any workshop who seem natural writers. — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
It's what all writers dream of, that our work finds a measure of immortality that long outlives the words of any critic. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality. — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
“Writers are not just writers, they are creators of worlds, sculptors of the mind, they are architects of language.” — Jamie L. Harding Copy Share Image
“...nuomstunder have ligesaa mange Skribentere, som Fluer udi September maaned.” — Ludvig Holberg Copy Share Image
“I write romance and passion to savour love twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” — Angeline M. Bishop Copy Share Image
“A writer is never just looking out of a window or staring into space. They are building a universe to share with… — Brenda Ashworth Barry Copy Share Image
My feeling is that I think writers in general tend to be self-conscious and it takes a bit of a leap of… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“Writers are generally split into two camps: those who carefully outline their stories and know the ending before they begin, and those… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
Writers do not live one life, they live two. There is the living and then there is the writing. There is the… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“Maybe you didn’t need to know anything special to write a work of fiction. Maybe you didn’t need to delve into some… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
“Do you remember the time, Mike,” Jeremy laughed, “that you put a banana down your pants and walked up to the Palma-nator.… — Buffy Andrews Copy Share Image
“Seventies macho was both a look – moustache, jeans, leather jacket – and an attitude – cool, heartless, virile – that were… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“Collaborative workshops and writers' peer groups hadn't been invented when I was young. They're a wonderful invention. They put the writer into… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“My advice for aspiring writers is simply this: NEVER GIVE UP. Do not let anyone tell you that you cannot achieve your… — Rachel Nicole Wagner Copy Share Image
“Larry McMurtry said that writers form their mental landscape in young adulthood. I spent my youth shuttling between a Texas father and… — Linda S. Bingham Copy Share Image
“One thing writers have in common is the need to procrastinate. People don't really understand this, but it's not avoiding work, it… — Steven T. Seagle Copy Share Image
I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either.… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
“When people think that one possibility is not equated to truth, they're neglecting the fact that truth is a choice whenever the… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
Ideally, writers and narrative designers should be included much earlier in the process, where they can be of most benefit. However, although… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
“One Bagatelle, and I’ll raise you a novel,” Megan had tweeted back. “Writing for tea? Now that would have been a solution… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
There are people who have never studied writing who are capable of being writers. I know this because I am an example.… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Writers cannot choose their own mood: with them it is not always hide-tide, nor --thank Heaven!--always Storm. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“Dutton, the home of Winnie the Pooh, would find a second identity as a home for gay fiction.” — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
There's a great myth about cartoonists, writers and people that are on TV. — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
Musicians are also interpretive artists and we are just as creative as painters and writers. We interpret in a way that expresses… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“All we can do is write, but its up to the reader to decide if we wrote masterpieces or empty silliness, and… — Uma Nnenna Copy Share Image
“Art requires a delicate adjustment of the outer and inner worlds in such a way that, without changing their nature, they can… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“In that moment, Dan was reminded why he wanted to write in the first place. It was the same reason anybody does… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
As writers, we live very much in our own minds much of the time, buzzing in our unconscious spaces as we go… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
I've got to be out doing a million things. That's how I find stories. That's how I get the relationships and get… — Dana Brunetti Copy Share Image
This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love. — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“Writers Are Insane. For months we are lone wolves locked in our caves. Then overnight we become publicity hounds. It's a schizophrenic… — Robert Mykle Copy Share Image
I think writers are the history keepers, right? We're the ones who are bearing witness to what's going on in the world.… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
In the modern world, in which thousands of people are dying every hour as a consequence of politics, no writing anywhere can… — John Berger Copy Share Image
