Real writers - serious writers with serious subjects, who earn their living at it - all seem to write in small rooms… — Peter York Copy Share Image
That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink.… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not be otherwise than blind, because their preference… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
There are many writers who have influenced me and who I enjoy reading, but Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks are at the… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
“Act as if you're a writer. Sit down and begin. Act as if you might just create something beautiful, and by beautiful… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, the question people always ask you is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Writers hate this question. It's… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
Writers are there to write, not experience things. If you want to experience things, become a pirate or a Bookhunter. If you… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
“If you were destined to be a poet, then you won't brainstorm for lines that rhymes. If you were destined to be… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“This much is true: When you are about to effect the lives of hundreds of people, Satan will do everything he can… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“No shame in having a ghostwriter," Storm said. "Some of the best books published every year are penned by talented writers whose… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully,… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“If you have a story inside you but don't know where to start, look within and write from the heart, for the… — Shanda Trofe Write from the Heart Copy Share Image
In the comedy world, there's always been one woman to five men. I think that's changing, that we're being respected more as… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It's - but it all goes back to… — Betty White Copy Share Image
My parents were both writers - they would type their manuscripts sitting side by side on the veranda of our house near… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
I don't think I would ever inch my way up to Y.A. That audience is very well served. There are a lot… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
There's always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies,… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers… — Keeley Hawes Copy Share Image
Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I can sit in the room with the other writers and just keep saying no until there's something I really like or… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
The great thing about 'Justified' is that the writers will craft a scene, but if the actors come up with a great… — Neal McDonough Copy Share Image
The most despised sector of Hollywood are the writers. A good writer is quickly promoted to a 'concept man' - and then… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom he likes, and we then take that… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Do not insult a writer by asking him questions related to books written by someone else. If you are not reading the… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
Nowadays they have 12 directors and 15 producers and 30 writers. And all the writers want their lines said a certain way-which… — Tim Conway Copy Share Image
The original sense of the word 'influence' is 'to flow into.' For the most part, these writers that I admire... their style… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
There are two categories of writers, it could be said: The author who is just a voice, and the one who is… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
What helps writers, and ultimately, obviously, helps the actors - who should serve the words that the writer puts on the page… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular 'ism', but a gathering together… — John Metcalf Copy Share Image
“When dealing with writers it breaks down like this: a regular writer is your average everyday megalomaniac. Like every artist, there's a… — Hannah Strom-Martin Copy Share Image
“Writing is about allowing yourself to become a vessel of creativity. Writers are avatars of creation. We have tender hearts, and strong… — Sai Marie Johnson Copy Share Image
Writers get to know me very well. It always serves me in the end because I feel I have a deeper understanding… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“Lewis Carroll. He was an odd one. Real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Completely denied having anything to do with the Alice… — Mike Tucker Copy Share Image
I know a lot of writers who tell me they 'always' knew how to read. They can't remember a time before reading.… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
