Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami. — Stephen King
I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach the life. The odd thing is most of the things… — Richard Bausch
When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything! — Tanith Lee
The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis. — Tanith Lee
The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere. — S. J. Perelman
My friend Ian Hagemann, a regular at Wiscon, once said on a panel that when he reads science fiction futures that are full of white… — Nalo Hopkinson
I wish more fantasy, especially the dominant fantasy that draws heavily on British and Christian lore, would wrestle with its own ethnospecific nature and what… — Nalo Hopkinson
I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that… — Cynthia Ozick
It is popular to believe that in order to see clearly one must believe nothing. This may work well enough if you are observing cells… — Flannery O'Connor
The Catholic writer, in so far as he has the mind of the Church, will feel life from the standpoint of the central Christian mystery;… — Flannery O'Connor
Nothing needs to happen to a writer’s life after they are 20. By then they’ve experienced more than enough to last their creative life. — Flannery O'Connor
There are two qualities that make fiction. One is the sense of mystery and the other is the sense of manners. You get the manners… — Flannery O'Connor
If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code — Clifford Geertz
I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist — Clifford Geertz
And what happened was, it's the same thing an older, more successful writer of ficition might say to a student: write about what you know.… — Larry Coryell
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in… — Chinua Achebe
I hate the phrase “One thing led to another”. What kind of lazy writing is that? Isn't it your job as a writer to tell… — Brian Regan
Writers are lucky. Whatever the mood, no matter the longing, the writer can use his words to connect himself to any world he wishes to… — Alan Zweibel
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come… — Roald Dahl
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. — Roald Dahl
Learning to sing one's own songs, to trust the particular cadences of own's voices, is also the goal of any writer. — Henry Louis Gates
I was never really a writer, I was always more of a performer. — Mick Ronson
How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses. — Fran Lebowitz
Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About twice a year… — Wallace Thurman
As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection. — Carol Leifer

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