--- title: "31 Writers People Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 31 Writers People quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Writers People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/vianka-van-bokkem-39843_writing_there-are-no-bad-writers-only-people-wit_1792484.jpg" --- > [“There are no bad writers only people with different taste and opinions”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vianka-van-bokkem/there-are-no-bad-writers-only-people-with-different-taste-and-opinions/) [Vianka Van Bokkem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vianka-van-bokkem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/vianka-van-bokkem-39843_writing_there-are-no-bad-writers-only-people-wit_1792484.jpg) > [Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/saturday-night-is-perfect-for-writers-because-other-people-have-plans/) [Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/mike-birbiglia-1343_night_saturday-night-is-perfect-for-writers-be_662836.png) > [Writers are people who put pen to paper every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-russo/writers-are-people-who-put-pen-to-paper-every-day/) [Richard Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-russo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/richard-russo-1691_day_writers-are-people-who-put-pen-to-paper_492712.png) > [Can you really think artists and writers are the only people entitled to lives of their own?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/can-you-really-think-artists-and-writers-are-the-only-people-entitled/) [Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/richard-yates-2840_art_can-you-really-think-artists-and-writers_1774222.png) > [I feel like people who become writers are people who have been saved by books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-feel-like-people-who-become-writers-are-people-who-have-been-saved/) [Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/nathan-englander-8048_book_i-feel-like-people-who-become-writers-ar_547152.jpg) > [Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/are-artists-and-writers-the-only-people-entitled-to-lives-of-their-own/) [Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/richard-yates-2840_art_are-artists-and-writers-the-only-people_1952128.png) > [Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-scalzi/here-s-a-quick-rule-of-thumb-don-t-annoy-science-fiction-writers/) [John Scalzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-scalzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/john-scalzi-2071_annoying_here-s-a-quick-rule-of-thumb-don-t-annoy_1291735.png) > [“Oh, Frank. Can you really think artists and writers are the only people entitled to lives of their own?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/oh-frank-can-you-really-think-artists-and-writers-are-the-only-people/) [Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/richard-yates-2840_art_oh-frank-can-you-really-think-artists-an_2083045.png) > [Women writers of all people should know better than to pigeonhole women, put them in little groups, the smart one, the sweet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/women-writers-of-all-people-should-know-better-than-to-pigeonhole/) [Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/anna-quindlen-467_feminism_women-writers-of-all-people-should-know_2207976.png) > [You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-ideas-from-daydreaming-you-get-ideas-from-being-bored-you-get/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/neil-gaiman-29_daydreaming_you-get-ideas-from-daydreaming-you-get-i_2642524.jpg) > [I kind of feel like the job of actors and writers and people who make television and movies is to keep people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-woods/i-kind-of-feel-like-the-job-of-actors-and-writers-and-people-who-make/) [Zach Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/zach-woods-11886_accomplish_i-kind-of-feel-like-the-job-of-actors-an_2870233.jpg) > [“You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-ideas-all-the-time-the-only-difference-between-writers-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/neil-gaiman-29_ideas_you-get-ideas-all-the-time-the-only-diff_2702887.jpg) > [Actors can be good, say all these beautiful, wonderful things - but where does it come from? It comes from the writers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-marie-saint/actors-can-be-good-say-all-these-beautiful-wonderful-things-but-where/) [Eva Marie Saint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-marie-saint/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/eva-marie-saint-19160_actor_actors-can-be-good-say-all-these-beautif_100022.png) > [The best children's book writers are not people who have kids, but people who write from the child within themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-brown/the-best-children-s-book-writers-are-not-people-who-have-kids-but/) [Andrea Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/andrea-brown-69841_book_the-best-children-s-book-writers-are-not_1036855.jpg) > [Writers have always liked my stuff, pretty much. That's what I wanted - I think my goal wasn't to get rich and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-newman/writers-have-always-liked-my-stuff-pretty-much-that-s-what-i-wanted-i/) [Randy Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-newman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/randy-newman-8029_firsts_writers-have-always-liked-my-stuff-prett_2378916.jpg) > [I don't really have any advice for people who love each other and both happen to be writers, other than one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-don-t-really-have-any-advice-for-people-who-love-each-other-and/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/tod-goldberg-17468_advice_i-don-t-really-have-any-advice-for-peopl_2727158.jpg) > [I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-have-an-ambition-to-write-a-great-book-but-that-s-really-a/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/zadie-smith-584_ambition_i-have-an-ambition-to-write-a-great-book_438253.jpg) > [Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there'll always be better writers than you and there'll always be smarter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/start-telling-the-stories-that-only-you-can-tell-because-there-ll/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/neil-gaiman-29_creating-art_start-telling-the-stories-that-only-you_901021.jpg) > [You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/you-know-it-s-a-funny-thing-about-writers-most-people-don-t-stop-to/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/cornelia-funke-908_book_you-know-it-s-a-funny-thing-about-writer_1397642.png) > [Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; for it is they who form a communication between the learned and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-d-israeli/miscellanists-are-the-most-popular-writers-among-every-people-for-it/) [Isaac D'Israeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-d-israeli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/isaac-d-israeli-9355_bridges_miscellanists-are-the-most-popular-write_745785.png) > [“People have many cruel expectations from writers. People expect novelists to live on a hill with three kids and a spouse, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/people-have-many-cruel-expectations-from-writers-people-expect/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/c-joybell-c-471_children_people-have-many-cruel-expectations-from_2255614.jpg) > [Until I was about 7, I thought books were just there, like trees. When I learned that people actually wrote them, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/until-i-was-about-7-i-thought-books-were-just-there-like-trees-when-i/) [Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/fran-lebowitz-690_aspire_until-i-was-about-7-i-thought-books-were_335775.png) > [I think that very often younger writers don't appreciate how much hard work is involved in writing. The part of writing that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/i-think-that-very-often-younger-writers-don-t-appreciate-how-much/) [Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/diane-ackerman-1035_appreciate_i-think-that-very-often-younger-writers_621469.jpg) > [“Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you and there’ll always be smarter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/start-telling-the-stories-that-only-you-can-tell-because-there-ll-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/neil-gaiman-29_inspirational_start-telling-the-stories-that-only-you_2789971.jpg) > [I think there's a great storytelling tradition in the restaurant business that tends to attract people with an oral tradition of bulls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-think-there-s-a-great-storytelling-tradition-in-the-restaurant/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anthony-bourdain-649_artist_i-think-there-s-a-great-storytelling-tra_1638975.jpg) > [I'm bright, but there are lots of bright writers and people everywhere. In no way, at no point do I think I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/i-m-bright-but-there-are-lots-of-bright-writers-and-people-everywhere/) [Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/aleksandar-hemon-1490_no-point_i-m-bright-but-there-are-lots-of-bright_1255497.jpg) > [With due apologies to Shakespeare, some people are born writers, some people achieve it after a lot of hard work, some people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amish-tripathi/with-due-apologies-to-shakespeare-some-people-are-born-writers-some/) [Amish Tripathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amish-tripathi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/amish-tripathi-2348_achieve_with-due-apologies-to-shakespeare-some-p_355664.png) > [Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-garner/writers-seem-to-me-to-be-people-who-need-to-retire-from-social-life/) [Helen Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-garner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/helen-garner-12280_calm_writers-seem-to-me-to-be-people-who-need_1708012.jpg) > [I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-m-overwhelmed-by-writers-most-people-aren-t-impressed-by-writers/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/terry-gilliam-7704_cartoon_i-m-overwhelmed-by-writers-most-people-a_218351.jpg) > [The really great writers are people like Emily Bront� who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-michener/the-really-great-writers-are-people-like-emily-bront-who-sit-in-a/) [James A. Michener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-michener/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/james-a-michener-1627_imagination_the-really-great-writers-are-people-like_852659.jpg) > [ When I was in law school I was taught that the great writers were people like \[Oliver Wendell\] Holmes Jr. and \[Benjamin… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/when-i-was-in-law-school-i-was-taught-that-the-great-writers-were/) [Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/jeffrey-rosen-13180_abstraction_when-i-was-in-law-school-i-was-taught-th_1879201.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writers-people/#itemlist", "name": "Writers People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There are no bad writers only people with different taste and 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