Always Quote by Anne Fadiman

When young people say I want to be a novelist, I'd say, think very carefully about it. There will be very few rewards, you…

— Paul Auster

It's almost a blessing when we meet people who naturally want to do the sort of things that are in high demand in society.…

— Alain de Botton

Henry James claim that if you want to be a novelist you should be somebody on whom nothing is lost.

— Ben Lerner

I did want to become a novelist, but the program at Waseda was pretty intense in terms of language requirements - two hours of…

— Hirokazu Koreeda

I really had to develop a core. I had to figure out, at my core as a writer, what did I value? What was…

— Jenny Zhang

I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone.…

— Patricia Marx

In high school, I had a teacher there who was really great to me and with whom I finally dared to admit I wanted…

— Jonathan Dee

I've turned my back on fancy parties and red carpets. I'm a writer, and if I did that, I'd never get anything done.

— Pete Doherty

I read a lot of the books that I love again and again and again and try to understand how the writer did it.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book.

— Tomi Adeyemi

I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do…

— Northrop Frye

When I came into consciousness as a writer when I was in my early 20s, I just assumed that a writer did - a…

— W. S. Di Piero

I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career…

— Nasim Pedrad

I've known Jennifer [Salke] for so long. Before I was a writer, I did garden design, and I designed Jennifer's garden, many years ago.…

— Ryan T. Murphy