Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Repressed English writers have to write love stories because they can't say what they really mean. — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
“Some people have too many crazy thoughts to keep bottled in their brains. They're called writers.” — James Gough Copy Share Image
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
“Give a hundred writers the same idea and you'll get a hundred different stories.” — Joy Fielding Copy Share Image
“The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
As writers, we can't predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I worked with several writers at the University of Michigan: Nicholas Delbanco, Peter Ho Davies, Eileen Pollack, Laura Kasischke, and Thomas Lynch,… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Writers can express ideas and emotions that are important to them but have no other means of expression. Some of these ideas… — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Catholic writer' seems like you have an agenda of evangelization, as if you were somehow influenced in your choice of perspective by… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most… — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators. I am no where near as much of that as Bob… — Ian Hunter Copy Share Image
Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
A writer always wears glasses and never combs his hair. Half the time he feels angry about everything and the other half… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
As much as I thought the end of 'Friday Night Lights' was a really great ending, I was one of those people… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
Once I enter the realm of depression or when I am at my happiest, those are the moments of realization when I… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you’ve been able to muster. But if you continue to write,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“This time it was the sentence opening the last part of a story I had worked on for months: a sentence as… — Louis Zukofsky Copy Share Image
“Writers,” Esther said simply. “For some reason, a lot of you reject what you hear and see in your heads. If you… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“ I will be very careful the next time I fall in love , she told herself. Also, she had made a… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
