Always Quote by Amitava Kumar

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

— Mitski

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.

— Colin Wilson

I think it's true that, as is often observed, the writer is always an outsider. A writer is someone who is telling stories about…

— Elif Batuman

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as…

— Monica Ali

Every writer is an outsider.

— Andrew Sean Greer

I think that part of being a good journalist, part of being an awake member of the world you're in, is to view yourself…

— Mark Leibovich

I think that part of being a good journalist, part of being an awake member of the world youre in, is to view yourself…

— Mark Leibovich

I often felt myself to be an outsider, which is great training for all writers.

— Karen Russell

Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we notice everything.…

— Dani Shapiro

Most writers begin with accounts of their first home, their family, and the town, often from quite a hostile point of view-love/hate, let's say.…

— John Updike

Writers tend to feel like outsiders.

— Jesse Armstrong

Being a writer is a very private, internal process. Ultimately I am more the writer, being an introvert.

— Paula Cole