Dog Quote by Bret Anthony Johnston

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most writers can write, most rock 'n rollers cannot.

— Andrew Eldritch

“Writers are a superior breed. No one else can face so much rejection and still thrive.”

— Susie Smith

“A writer who does not write is a deplorable thing, like an emaciated dog lost from home.”

— Wesley D. Gray

I suppose there must be idiots who dream of signing deals with publishers while fully intending to drink martinis in cool bars or ride…

— Helen Garner

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go, and is only right admirable when to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.

— Diana Trilling

“When dealing with writers it breaks down like this: a regular writer is your average everyday megalomaniac. Like every artist, there's a part of…

— Hannah Strom-Martin

To be a writer is to embrace rejection as a way of life.

— Dana Stabenow

Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger.

— Italo Calvino

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the…

— Claire Messud

Every writer must have a chip of ice in his heart.

— J. K. Rowling