The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
To write is to look for very particular, specific points of view on reality. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way. — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality. — John Updike Copy Share Image
The only reason people write is because they are not wonderful men. — Anthony J. Carson Copy Share Image
I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too. — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I'm a writer. Now I've started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they… — Steven Cojocaru Copy Share Image
I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
Writing's deeper function is to serve as a way to find shapes and names for the world as you have come to… — Peter Stillman Copy Share Image
I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“I read a book, am vortexed in with no escape; my face contorts, eyelids frost, breath comes short, body longs, heart stop-starts.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I remember, at MIT, we had to write an essay about something mathematical that you do in your extra time. I basically… — Payal Kadakia Copy Share Image
I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“So, Mr. Nick,' murmured the valet, applying shaving soap to his employer's face with an ivory-handled brush, 'are you writing a book?'… — Albert E. Cowdrey Copy Share Image
There's like a little bit of a narcissism - I think there's more than a little bit of narcissism about it, but… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
When we tell stories about things that are important - love, fear, beauty - we change the way people think about the… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it.… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
Every first-rate editor I have ever heard of reads, edits and rewrites every word that goes into his publication… Good editors are… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I think every writer's had the experience of having a really good idea, waiting to write it, and then once you write… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
As a director you have to be at 30,000 ft objectively looking at everything, wondering if you're making the right objective, emotional,… — Alex Kurtzman Copy Share Image
