Books Quote by Agatha Christie

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins

Writing is a form of talking, although writing is such an odd thing in and of itself. People go about it in such different…

— Errol Morris

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger

Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the next word…

— Renata Adler

I think many writers write because it's a convenient way to explain themselves to themselves. We take the chaos and the turmoil and the…

— Armistead Maupin

A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring…

— William Stafford

There are some great writers who are great talkers, but there are more great writers who are not great talkers. People seem to think…

— Fran Lebowitz

Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom we wish…

— Ruskin Bond

You know how sometimes you meet writers that are so full of themselves? They feel really proud that they wrote something . But what…

— Sandra Cisneros

The thing about writing is not to talk, but to do it; no matter how bad or even mediocre it is, the process and…

— Sylvia Plath

To read and to write. Some writers have to be told to write. They think their job is to meet agents and have experiences…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Either a writer doesn't want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you want.

— Anatole Broyard