Think Writers Quotes

27 quotes by 24 authors

I think writers are a lot like lawyers. We feed off the misfortunes of people, even ourselves. — Gail Anderson-Dargatz
I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities. — Donald Barthelme
I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might… — Anne McCaffrey
I don't think writers choose the genre, the genre chooses us. I wrote out of the wish to create order out of disorder, the liking… — P.D. James
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I donâ€™t think writers compete, I think theyâ€™re all doing separate things in their own style. — Elmore Leonard
I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators. — Ian Hunter
I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions. — Paul Haggis
I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls. — Mo Yan
I think writers are very anxious. — Helen Garner
I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers,… — Ian Rankin
I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in. — Augusten Burroughs
I think writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what, whether it's good or… — Lisa Edelstein
My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms. — Howard Hodgkin
When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I get… — Hari Kunzru
I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't. — Anthony Shadid
I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion. — David Foster Wallace
Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the glory. — Matthew Weiner
I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes. — John Legend
I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write… — Doris Lessing

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