Individual Quote by Anonymous

I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial.

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

Some writers are prolific; some are shape-shifters. It's rare and intimidating to encounter one who is both.

— Rumaan Alam

It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many…

— Heidi Julavits

Sometimes we make assumptions about influence when similarities between two writers' work are so strong, but they're still just assumptions. Some things are sort…

— Ron Currie Jr

People ... have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk…

— Anatole Broyard

“One would expect writers and artists to understand one another better than anyone else and to be more appreciative of one another’s works. That,…

— Elif Shafak

I think with every writer there are two people there.

— Hugh Leonard

The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.

— Ann Beattie

When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly…

— Samuel Johnson

For any collaboration to work, each partner must have a strong sense of identity. If one overpowers the other, it's like mixing lemonade with…

— Neil Blumenthal

“The individuals in great dyads will be very different from each other and very much alike. These simultaneous extremes generate the deep rapport and…

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another.

— Walter Savage Landor