Complexity Quote by Alison McGhee

Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much…

— Steven Erikson

The average person might articulate them differently, but we all think about interpersonal relationships in one way or another. Writers just express that in…

— Jennifer Egan

People are shaped by friendship as much as by romance.

— Elif Batuman

People ... have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk…

— Anatole Broyard

Friends are like petals on a flower; together they're beautiful and make people smile but eventually some petals fall off and drift off in…

— Superman

There are many different shapes of friendships to be had.

— Yolanda Hadid

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

— E. B. White

Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about.

— Leon Uris

Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism…

— David Foster Wallace

Friendships that are first grounded in the shared professional ambitions - social stuff is built around that - and then you see people pulling…

— Rachel Sklar

Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.

— Elif Safak

“A writer is a dangerous friend. Everything you say, all of your life and experience, is fodder for our writing. We mean you no…

— Randy Murray