Family Quote by Asher Roth

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve--hopeless ly he writes in the hope that he might serve--not himself and not others,…

— Joy Williams

“When a writer is born into a family, the family is doomed.”

— Czelslaw Milosz

He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it…

— Arthur Miller

“A dysfunctional family makes for great writing -”

— Angela Rose

“We do need to bring to our writing, over and over again, all the abundance we possess. To be able, to be ready, to…

— Eudora Welty

“I want to teach him his prayers and his letters and his manners. I want him for my own. Not just because he is…

— Philippa Gregory

“Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve--hopelessly he writes in the hope that he might serve--not himself and not others, but…

— Joy Williams

“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing. He…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it…

— Nora Roberts

“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

The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.

— Anonymous