Great Writer Quotes

69 quotes by 65 authors

If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having… — Jean Rostand
He's a great writer. If I didn't think so I wouldn't have tried to kill him... I was the champ and when I read his… — Ernest Hemingway
A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times… — Bill Gates
The only valid reason to use clichÃ©s is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect… — Leonard Bishop
Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that… — Leonard Bishop
At difficult times of my life, books have been an incredible comfort. When I was 12, I changed schools and my parents split up. It… — Elliot Perlman
In company with people of your own trade you ordinarily speak of other writers' books. The better the writers the less they will speak about… — Ernest Hemingway
As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of… — Rick Wakeman
The writer who cannot sometimes throw away a thought about which another man would have written dissertations, without worry whether or not the reader will… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the power to see, to sense, and to say. That is,… — Lawrence Clark Powell
A man can write one book that can be great, but this doesn't make him a great writer-just the writer of a great book. .… — Anthony Burgess
I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter. — Paddy Chayefsky
A great writer created a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in… — Cyril Connolly
I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer. — Aaron Eckhart
Jesse Joyce is a great writer. — Dave Attell
King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the Politburo of a slave state: Camelot. Of all who have written on… — Edward Abbey
The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your… — Stephen King
A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2. — Susan Sontag
From Finding the Center to Reading and Writing: A Personal Account, the story remains the same: in a journey unique to myself, I left my… — Caryl Phillips
My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with… — Rick Derringer

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