Cynical Quote by Bill Ward

I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be.

— Brian D. McLaren

People think you have to be tortured or miserable to write, but I'm finding that I get inspired a lot more these days before…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I like to write, and I try to be positive and optimistic.

— Keith Hernandez

Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to…

— Zadie Smith

A writer's life suits me. It's fairly, well, other people might think it was actually rather dull, but that's fine because I feel that…

— Ronald Frame

I like writing about big turning points, where professional and personal lives coalesce, where the boundaries are coming down, and you're faced with a…

— Tana French

A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control…

— Lauren Groff

I am generally writing about things happening in my own life, in what I hope is a very relatable way.

— Taylor Tomlinson

I've been writing most of my life; it's just something I do.

— Alejandro Zambra

I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.

— Rob Reiner

I like to write from a slightly sad or complicated place. But with a sense of hope and happiness at the same time.

— Eliot Sumner