Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like… — William S. Burroughs
As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work;… — Alan Alda
What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I… — Alan Alda
I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. — Samuel Butler
I've never had writer's block. — David Byrne
The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer. — Albert Camus
One thing about being a stand-up is it's a one-man show. You gotta do everything. You're the producer, writer, director, and the actor. You just… — Nick Cannon
The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages… — Nelson Algren
The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense… — Adam Carolla
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away… — John le Carre
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or… — John le Carre
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it. — John le Carre
Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. — John le Carre
I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre. — Julian Casablancas
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. — Willa Cather
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view,… — Willa Cather
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in… — Nick Cave
I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in… — Nick Cave
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all.… — Raymond Chandler
A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. — Anton Chekhov
When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school.… — Amy Chua
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost… — Winston Churchill
I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I… — Sandra Cisneros
Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer. — Tom Clancy
I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie… — John Henrik Clarke

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