Books Quote by Boris Pasternak

“There are no "great" subjects for the creative writer; there are only the singular details of a single human life.”

— Richard Selzer

“If a writer is any good, what he makes will have its source in a realm much larger than that which his conscious mind…

— Flannery O'Connor

“To be a great Writer, Write what you know & Write what other writers wouldn't write about.”

— Maryann Gestwicki

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Upon the one thing every writer absolutely must have, and that is intellectual curiosity.”

— Phillip Athans

“Most authors would be the first to admit the best of their writing is beyond even them. It comes from someplace outside the conscious…

— K.M. Weiland

“It’s not publishing that matters; it’s not writing that matters. What matters is feeling alive while writing, washing dishes, driving, etc. Writing just gives…

— Barbara Robinette Moss

“...a writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend…

— E. B. White

“We must remember that what a writer does to people is not necessarily what he intends to do. It may be only what people…

— T.S. Eliot

An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does…

— Randall Jarrell

“To my mind, the most important thing in any form of fiction is the human element, but only if it takes us beyond the…

— Graham Worthington

“I don't claim to be a great author, but I do write from the heart.”

— Teri Heyer