Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in. — Florence King Copy Share Image
Our language has become a tired and inefficient thing in the hands of journalists and writers who have nothing to say. — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful. — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
At the most basic level, I appreciate writers who have something to say. — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others have too high a price. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me. — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
“Some writers say they find the writing process lonely. I don't. Yes, it's solitary but when you can escape into a world… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
I am suspicious of writers who say their work is original and influenced by nobody. If it is, it is probably uninteresting.… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“All aspiring writers say these things: "I will not compromise and write a best seller!"—as if they could! There may be a… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
It puzzles me when writers say they can't read fiction when they're writing fiction because they don't want to be influenced. I'm… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say; Never to have drawn the breath of life, never to have looked into… — W.B. Yeats Copy Share Image
I've met many, many writers who say they would never write about their family, never write about people they did not totally… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
I'm friends with a lot of writers and so many of them say how much they hate signings and how they leave… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“But there is also the minority of gifted, wilful people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The truth is that the writers who most influenced me weren't people categorized as crime writers. I'd say I learned more from… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“Every so often I'll hear writers say that there are other writers they would read if for no other reason than to… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I'm one of those writers who say, 'I've enjoy having written.' — George R. R. Martin 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
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“We play at believing ourselves imortal. We delude oursleves in the appraisal of our own works and in our perpetual misappraisal of… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I've heard some writers say things like, 'Well, I'm a professional writer. I only start books I know I can finish.' I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for… — Angeles Mastretta Copy Share Image
To aspiring writers, I say : Don't give up. Storytelling has been an integral part of the human condition since the beginning… — Beverly Jenkins Copy Share Image
There aren't too many people out there who can start one of my books and not finish it. I don't think too… — Joy Fielding Copy Share Image
I always individuate myself from other writers who say they would die if they couldn't write. For me, I'd die if I… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“Writers say two things that strike me as nonsense. One is that you must follow an absolute schedule everyday. If you're not… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
I’m always surprised when writers say they don’t believe in a god or religion but they believe in creating a world on… — Shane Jones Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed by writers who say, 'Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
