A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to. — Tom Bissell Copy Share Image
“The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas.” — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as an 'unemployed writer', only an unemployed mind” — Kevin Cowdall Copy Share Image
In a lot of cases, writers discover that the novel needs to begin later in the action than they'd first thought. — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking. — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
I think that successful writers somehow capture truths that resonate with readers. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
There is a tendency for writers to be most exciting by whatever they just wrote. Sometimes that excitement is warranted. Sometimes on… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“Ginsberg was the favourite bohemian poet of straight college boys who wanted to transgress, and of gay college boys who were not… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“A writer who makes serious money is never taken seriously. Writers and artists are expected to suffer poverty and privation for their… — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
I have always felt like an artist when I work on a book. I see no reason why the word should always… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“I want you to tell all these people that I wanted more time to spend with them. Tell them I meant to,… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
I know many older writers who were very successful and whose books are now out of print, so you have to go… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Many earnest young writers with a flow of adjectives and a passion for detail have attempted to describe the quiet of a… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
“People have many cruel expectations from writers. People expect novelists to live on a hill with three kids and a spouse, people… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
“For a few weeks you got up at six to compose short stories at the kitchen table with while Amanda slept in… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
“I read daily, not so much for the benefit of my writing, but because I am addicted to it. There is nothing… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
