It is important for poets and writers today to know their shortcomings, and be able to edit their own work as well… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I think it's significantly easier to be a female writer today than in the early 1800's. That said, it's hard to imagine… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
You go out into the world, you read everything you can read, you imitate the things you love, and you learn how… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
And when you get an eminent journal like Time magazine complaining, as it often has, that to the young writers of today… — William Styron Copy Share Image
What I didn't realize when I was in school and what I suspect a lot of young writers today don't get either… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
The majority of American writers today have chosen passive non-resistance to things as they are, producing sloughs of poetry about their personal… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The challenge to writers today, I think, is not to disown any part of our heritage. Whatever our theme in writing, it… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I detest professional anythings but particularly professional writers. Most of them today are just garbage collectors. — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
