Another Writer Quotes
25 quotes by 24 authors
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I'd rather be caught holding up a bank than stealing so much as a two-word phrase from another writer.
— Jack Smith
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When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I can do. It…
— Maya Angelou
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Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't…
— William Zinsser
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You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a…
— A. E. van Vogt
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I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most…
— Joyce Thompson
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The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.
— Ann Beattie
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Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's…
— Ed McBain
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To choose a writer for a friend is like palling around with your cardiologist, who might be musing as you talk to him that you…
— Anatole Broyard
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The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies on…
— Charles Bukowski
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When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.
— Orhan Pamuk
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PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.
— Ambrose Bierce
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When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.
— Joseph Kanon
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Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer to…
— Janet Evanovich
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Only another writer, someone who had worked his heart out on a good book which sold three thousand copies, could appreciate the thrill that overcame…
— James A. Michener
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Another writer asserts that the tyranny of man over woman has its roots, after all, in his nobler feelings; his love, his chivalry, and his…
— Susan B. Anthony
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I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this…
— Francis Ford Coppola
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Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one…
— Joan Didion
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I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long…
— Joanne Harris
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When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My…
— Charles Bukowski
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Get stuffed, don't you have more publicity stunts to pull?" Bones shot back. "How about chatting with another writer who can smear your name into…
— Jeaniene Frost
Who Wrote These Another Writer Quotes
24 authors contributed a total of 25 Another Writer Quotes as follows: