Intelligence Quote by Aleksandr Voinov

“Novelists don’t have answers and ones that do I'm not sure you should trust.”

— David Mitchell

“Upon the one thing every writer absolutely must have, and that is intellectual curiosity.”

— Phillip Athans

“Trust me, I write fiction.”

— Rob Mahan

“It’s not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“Never trust a man who writes more than he reads.”

— Samuel Johnson

“There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is…

— Morley Callaghan

“Truthful and loyal. A writer has no obligation to be either, but should choose one less one be chosen for her or him.”

— Rowan Ricardo Phillips

“The writer’s special talent is to empathize with people and imagine their lives. We know them as we write them.”

— Kay Kenyon

“Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.”

— Anonymous

“Intelligence is built on deception. Trust nothing. Not even the mirror.”

— Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.”

— Rita Mae Brown

“There is only one person who needs to be convinced that you're a writer. That would be you.”

— Tim Campbell