--- title: "15 Writers Talk Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 15 Writers Talk quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Writers Talk sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/lillian-hellman-4752_funny_writers-talk-too-much-3228739_3228739.jpg" --- > [Writers talk too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-hellman/writers-talk-too-much/) [Lillian Hellman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-hellman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/lillian-hellman-4752_funny_writers-talk-too-much-3228739_3228739.jpg) > [Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-z-hobson/writers-talk-about-the-agony-of-writing-i-talk-about-the-agony-of-not/) [Laura Z. Hobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-z-hobson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/laura-z-hobson-36106_agony_writers-talk-about-the-agony-of-writing_1293578.jpg) > [I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-gilroy/i-never-really-like-it-when-other-writers-talk-about-coming-in-behind/) [Tony Gilroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-gilroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/tony-gilroy-16296_behinds_i-never-really-like-it-when-other-writer_1856377.png) > [In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/in-general-writers-who-talk-to-their-colleagues-and-neighbors/) [Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/ken-liu-4222_colleagues_in-general-writers-who-talk-to-their-col_2713125.jpg) > [You hear a lot of writers talk like writing is therapy or some kind of magic art, but it's a business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/you-hear-a-lot-of-writers-talk-like-writing-is-therapy-or-some-kind/) [Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/robert-ben-garant-11413_art_you-hear-a-lot-of-writers-talk-like-writ_2211198.jpg) > [“Every time I hear writers talk about ‘the muse,’ I just want to bitch-slap them. It’s a job. Do your job.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/every-time-i-hear-writers-talk-about-the-muse-i-just-want-to-bitch/) [Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/nora-roberts-128_time_every-time-i-hear-writers-talk-about-the_1328551.jpg) > [“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer. Writers have no one to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/talent-is-extremely-common-what-is-rare-is-the-willingness-to-endure-2/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/kurt-vonnegut-41_sistine-chapel_talent-is-extremely-common-what-is-rare_2193212.jpg) > [I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-ozeki/i-am-really-interested-in-the-way-we-relate-to-time-in-particular-the/) [Ruth Ozeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-ozeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/ruth-ozeki-2896_am_i-am-really-interested-in-the-way-we-rel_3037455.jpg) > [Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/normally-writers-do-not-talk-much-because-they-are-saving-their/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ba/ruskin-bond-1864_book_normally-writers-do-not-talk-much-becaus_2388859.png) > [You're all alone when you're a writer. Sometimes you just feel you need a humanity bath. Even a ride on the subway…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/you-re-all-alone-when-you-re-a-writer-sometimes-you-just-feel-you/) [Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b50/saul-bellow-558_all-alone_you-re-all-alone-when-you-re-a-writer-so_2255678.png) > [I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all — what do they want, a crowd looking over their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-rail-against-writers-who-talk-about-the-loneliness-of-it-all-what/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/anonymous-1_blank_i-rail-against-writers-who-talk-about-th_2887303.jpg) > [I try to pay attention to language. I think that as a general rule, we as writers talk too much and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-try-to-pay-attention-to-language-i-think-that-as-a-general-rule-we/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/don-winslow-3586_attention_i-try-to-pay-attention-to-language-i-thi_1081812.png) > [I'm one of those writers who can't talk about what they're working on. The entire four years I was writing 'House of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-one-of-those-writers-who-can-t-talk-about-what-they-re-working-on/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/anonymous-1_about_i-m-one-of-those-writers-who-can-t-talk_172196.jpg) > [The basic thing is to be humble, and pretend you're a bartender in the tavern of life. Don't get too comfortable and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcbride/the-basic-thing-is-to-be-humble-and-pretend-you-re-a-bartender-in-the/) [James McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcbride/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/james-mcbride-4758_bartender_the-basic-thing-is-to-be-humble-and-pret_2939516.png) > [Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/usually-i-work-out-the-plot-before-i-start-this-time-i-thought/) [Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/daniel-kehlmann-13333_book_usually-i-work-out-the-plot-before-i-sta_1193473.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writers-talk/#itemlist", "name": "Writers Talk Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Writers talk too much.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lillian Hellman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-hellman/writers-talk-too-much/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/lillian-hellman-4752_funny_writers-talk-too-much-3228739_3228739.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/lillian-hellman-4752_funny_writers-talk-too-much-3228739_3228739.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/lillian-hellman-4752_funny_writers-talk-too-much-3228739_3228739.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writers talk too much.” — Lillian Hellman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laura Z. 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