Back Quote by Andrew Sean Greer

A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.

— Robert Cormier

Writers interest me for their style, their obsessions, the ways in which they approach the world.

— Amitava Kumar

Try to write in a directly emotional way, instead of being too subtle or oblique. Don't be afraid of your material or your past.…

— Anne Lamott

I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story.

— Willa Cather

That's my gutsy advice to any young writer: write only about what you know well.

— Amos Oz

Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every day whether…

— Charles de Lint

My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place.

— Pierre Berton

Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think…

— Jackie Collins

“Writing in a new style never hurt anybody. Upside: if it does, you can write about it!”

— Jennifer Worrell

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

— Jackie Collins

Step out from behind the words. When you're a writer you can imagine that the words speak for you and are you, but they're…

— Beth Kephart

You want to say the thing that will drive everybody in the direction you want to go. But as a writer you have a…

— Michael Pollan