Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not… — Harold Brodkey
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts… — Francoise Sagan
The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an observer. ... You're… — Keith Richards
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of… — Irwin Shaw
The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects. — Lafcadio Hearn
Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer. Those who do not last are… — Ernest Hemingway
To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to the… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter. — Annie Proulx
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start… — George R. R. Martin
If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to… — John Steinbeck
I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer. — Tori Amos
I vividly remember being 14. That was the age when I started to get happy: I started being a writer and stopped being a loser. — Anthony Horowitz
The writer is all alone. — V.S. Naipaul
As a child, I wanted only two things - to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my provincial… — Julie Burchill
The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan… — Augusten Burroughs
A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much as we can… — Julio Cortazar
Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead… — Dorothy L. Sayers
I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories. — Agatha Christie
As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game. — Rex Stout
To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or… — Langston Hughes
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would… — Gwendolyn Brooks
Neil [Gaiman, creator of the comic Sandman, featuring the Amos-based character Delirium] believes that faeries have gone beyond cool. They've transcended cool. I just think… — Tori Amos
I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want… — Cat Power
Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer. — Ken Follett

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