“He had let me know time after time that he was a thinking man, a man of intellect and wit. Yet one… — Jamie Weise Copy Share Image
“The mortality rate of literary friendships is high. Writers tend to be bad risks as friends ~ probably for much the same… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
“What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I think that successful writers somehow capture truths that resonate with readers. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
“If you're going to fall in love with anyone, fall in love with a writer. Allow yourself to become immortalised in words.” — Jamie L. Harding Copy Share Image
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Younger writers and smaller writers need to live and get by. They need to be paid. It has to be fair. — Nicola Roberts Copy Share Image
“When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Real writers write. Period. No, the muse does not come to visit everyday. She’s a lazy, precocious flirt. You cannot get into… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“I am the contrast. I am forever the crack in the window that lets the winter in. I am forever the moment… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“99% of natural poets discovered their talents through love letters.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“...if he can write a book at all, a writer cannot do it by peeping over his shoulder at somebody else, any… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
Some writers like to work in other places like coffee shops, but I can't - I'd end up people-watching. And if I… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
I directed the next-to-last episode of 'Parenthood.' I wrote three of the four last episodes. I had the cast to my house.… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
I've become a day writer: most people start as night writers, and I used to be, but something happened to my endocrine… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“What you really want is all too often hidden just behind what you think you want.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
A lot of times as writers, you want to come up with the best possible story, and you bend it according to… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
“The truth is that James, like many other great writers and artists, had chosen his own loyalties and nationality. His true country,… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Let the novelists fret about consistency - story writers should feel free to jam; to get things right in new, surprising ways… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
