Worry Quote by Alistair MacLeod

I write about what worries me and, hopefully, things worry me a little bit earlier than they do some other people, purely because I…

— Steven Knight

Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.

— Peter Carey

Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient.

— Christopher Bollen

There's so much to learn in writing and in life, and in any particular era in one's life, it seems like a few concerns…

— Sheila Heti

“Your worry days are over. You're a writer. Worry on paper.”

— Ksenia Anske

Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

— Edna O'Brien

People should be cautious how they treat writers, lest their faults become immortalized for the world to see. - D.

— D Michael Hardy

Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst

— Susan Cheever

I think writers are very anxious.

— Helen Garner

I can certainly sympathize with writers who don't want to put themselves or their loved ones at risk.

— Adam Hochschild

Writers matter in a society to the extent that we can help that society hear its unvoiced longing, encounter its erased and disregarded selves,…

— Adrienne Rich

There comes a time in every writer's life when it becomes necessary to recognize what people really care about.

— Mark Kurlansky