Cash Quote by Al Pacino

“A well-known writer said writing is like getting sick to your stomach. You throw up and clean up afterward.”

— Maija Rhee Devine

he asked, "what makes a man a writer?" "well," I said, "it's simple, it's either you get it down on paper or you jump…

— Charles Bukowski

I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make…

— Leon Uris

All writers are egomaniacal, manic-depressive, drug-addicted alcoholics. You want to have that fix again.

— T.C. Boyle

“The public has no idea that writing is a disease, and that the writer who publishes is like a beggar who exhibits his sores. ”

— Michael Kruger

“People have an idea of what writers are: crazy; intellectual; moody; slightly more interesting than other people. Sometimes you just have to throw a…

— Alistair Cross

“Writing is a habit, an addiction, as powerful and overmastering an urge as putting a bottle to your lips or a spike in your…

— T.C. Boyle

“Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by active persecution.…

— George Orwell

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

— Fannie Hurst

“I'm sorry," I said. "It's none of my business what you do. The trouble is, I'm a writer, and most writers are terrible nosey…

— Roald Dahl

“When dealing with writers it breaks down like this: a regular writer is your average everyday megalomaniac. Like every artist, there's a part of…

— Hannah Strom-Martin

“A writer who does not write is a deplorable thing, like an emaciated dog lost from home.”

— Wesley D. Gray