Best Every Writer Sayings

93 Every Writer quotes by 86 unique authors

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different. — Kiran Desai
I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing. — Howard Gordon
Every writer dreams of writing a book that will touch people. — Bruce Feiler
Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing. — Elizabeth Kostova
When I see things in the world that leap out at me, I want to make use of them in fiction. Maybe every writer does… — Rachel Kushner
Every writer knows that unless you were born gifted with either supreme confidence or outsize ego, handing in your work holds, in some cases, admitted… — Dick Cavett
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it. — Bertrand Russell
Like every writer, I am asked where my work originates, and if I knew I would go there more often to find more. — Arthur Miller
There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a… — Theodore Roosevelt
There are too many "creative writing" courses and seminars, in which young wirters are constantly being taught to rewrite the previous generation. They should be… — John Dos Passos
I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness. — Dave Eggers
Every writer I know has trouble writing. — Joseph Heller
I think with every writer there are two people there. — Hugh Leonard
Like every writer, I'm drawn by unlikely juxtapositions, precisely-dated and once-only collisions between people from different worlds. — Hilary Mantel
Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing… — Haruki Murakami
They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators… — Jo Nesbo
Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. — Rod Serling
Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other. — Stephen Sondheim
Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun! — Joss Whedon
I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress. — Ashwin Sanghi
In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that… — Jorge Luis Borges
As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or the… — John Gardner
Perhaps every writer who thoroughly creates a fictional world will inevitably create a mirror of his own time and yet also create a world that… — Orson Scott Card
One of the strongest of contemporary conventions is that of comparing to Thoreau every writer who has been as far out of the house as… — Wendell Berry
There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that… — Roald Dahl

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