Fame and fortune Quote by Andrew James Pritchard

“He admired writers whose own stories were as interesting as the ones they wrote.”

— Adam Langer

“As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a writer.”

— James Hilton

“Many writers were better before they became famous.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities and expectations…

— Nora Roberts

“To be a great Writer, Write what you know & Write what other writers wouldn't write about.”

— Maryann Gestwicki

“Everyone had a story he believed was worthy of a best-seller; for me, reality was rarely interesting enough to take the place of fiction.”

— Ben Mezrich

“He read with intensity and was passionately in love with every character, every turn of plot or twist of language. He made the characters…

— Sarah Ockler

“What makes a writer successful is not money or fame (though both are nice) ... it's that in being true to her or himself,…

— Miyoko Hikiji

“He was universally charming, as only a writer in pursuit of a publisher can be.”

— Stacy Schiff

“Reading novels needs almost as much talent as writing them,' he used to say.”

— Anthony Powell

“The people I've known who wanted to become writers, knowing what it meant, did become writers.”

— John Gardner

“Why does everyone want to be a writer? It is because every person wants to feel that they have something of value to say.”

— Margie B. Klein