Desire Quote by Andre Dubus

There's less skill and more plain hard work to writing than anyone except a writer thinks.

— Mabel Seeley

Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.

— Nancy Hale

Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

By writing much, one learns to write well.

— Robert Southey

You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.

— Doris Lessing

Writing makes you more human.

— John Updike

I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion.

— David Foster Wallace

A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books in, even…

— Augusten Burroughs

And the writers are good in that it's easy to memorize, and good writing has an innate rhythm to it. And I've always felt…

— Glenn Close

One becomes great by what one reads and not by what one writes

— Ritu Ghatourey

Writers write. That's all it is. It is as simple, and as complex, as that.

— Stephen King

The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing.

— Pico Iyer