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
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
You have very short travel blogs, and I think there's a split among travel writers: the service-oriented writers will say, 'Well, the… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
When I got up this morning the sea was full of sun pennies - and now it all seems to be covered… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Writers perform an extremely important role: they make others dream, those who are unable to dream for themselves. And everyone needs to… — Félix J. Palma Copy Share Image
“Don't let yourself be amazed by the imagination of a writer and his words, writers are almost all the time in a… — Nema Al-Araby Copy Share Image
“According to my mother, I was a fiction writer before I'd written any ficton, by wich she meant not only that I… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Some people work for the money they can earn doing what they do. Others work because of a love of what they… — Daniel Kemp Copy Share Image
But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package - the producers behind the show, the writers, the… — Sean Hayes Copy Share Image
Early influences included Lorrie Moore, Amy Hempel, Charles Baxter, Richard Ford, Alice Munro, Denis Johnson - writers who are important to me… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Writers, like most human beings, are adaptable creatures. They can learn to accept subordination without growing fond of it. No writer can… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
“Indies are doing well because of their willingness to experiment, their willingness to share data and lessons with other writers, and their… — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
Why writers write I do not know. As well ask why a hen lays an egg or why a cow stands patiently… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Writers are not celebrities, so you don't expect to walk down the street and hear, 'Oh my God, there's Sylvia Day.' You… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge… — David Means Copy Share Image
I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
Mostly I'm writing about people, so I feel constrained to take with me my view of people, my curiosity about how people… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in comedy writers. I've always defended the honor of all comedy writers. It's extremely difficult, but I've always… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
I've read many great samples, both of existing shows I liked and original pilots, and definitely hired the writers - or, at… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
I'm under my own construction, mental lockdown and there is no way to escape it. Watching out for self-destruction because the most… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
Most writers are secretly worried that they're not really writers. That it's all been happenstance, something came together randomly, the letters came… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“I before E except after C. Weird? By rebelling against the rules the word itself denotes its very meaning: of strange or… — Day Parker Copy Share Image
There are writers who pour out words, concepts that sound really important but that basically say nothing. I always tried to be… — Chespirito Copy Share Image
I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I give this book 5 Stars and highly recommend it to all fiction, nonfiction, and poetry writers, aspiring writers, bloggers or journalists. — Sunny Copy Share Image
“She was not a writer herself but she was a very good reader, passionate and eclectic in her tastes, and my father… — David Benioff Copy Share Image
It takes awhile for writers to get to know actors rhythms, not just as actors, but what they bring to the characters.… — Logan Marshall-Green Copy Share Image
I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they… — Donald McKay Copy Share Image
it is not unusual to hate great writers before we learn to love them. Because they have created something that did not… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“You ordinary people who read and do not write, who 'like to read' and know nothing of the sufferings of writers, how… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
When I worked as an editor, I read new novels being published in India every few days. They excited me tremendously for… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
“Everybody is born with a little bit of writer in them. We all come with the desire to work hard to see… — Brian A. McBride Copy Share Image
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