Dead Writers Quotes
- We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent than… — Joseph Epstein
- You're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to read. — Raymond Carver
- Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are that which we… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Do they sense it, these dead writers, when their books are read? Does a pinprick of light appear in their darkness? Is their soul stirred… — Diane Setterfield
- I prefer dead writers because you don't run into them at parties. — Fran Lebowitz
- The companionship of dead writers is a wonderful form of live friendship. — Julian Barnes
- I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work. — Helen Oyeyemi