Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

The first job of a writer is to be honest. — Irvine Welsh
As a writer, I don't think it's my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there's someone who'll like it. — Tama Janowitz
Writer George Orwell confessed he found something "deeply appealing" about Adolf Hitler. Where Martha Dodd was struck by Hitler's "weak, soft face," Orwell discerned "a… — Brad Marchand
You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any… — Shonda Rhimes
To the possible enquiry as to the probable character of a successful flying machine, the writer would answer that in his judgment two types of… — Octave Chanute
I could never be a sports writer, unless my assignment was to write 'sports sports sports sports sports' for three pages. — Megan Boyle
I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world. — Mary Karr
And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to… — Thomas Keneally
As a writer of worship songs, I have a hunger to write deep songs of passionate reverence to God. Yet I'm aware I cannot sing… — Matt Redman
A next-generation innovation writer and thought leader worth watching. — Scott D. Anthony
Character starts with the alphabet. Letters: words: sentences Character is a function of language—a collection of errors and deviations that resonate with certain behaviors. As… — Noy Holland
This book will present some aspects of what the writer has termed the pedagogy of the oppressed, a pedagogy which must be forged with, not… — Paulo Freire
I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist… — Caleb Carr
On of the reasons that I wanted to study literature was because it exposed everything. Writers looked for secrets that had never been mined. Every… — Heather O'Neill
I don't think people were put here to be happy. I think if you decide to be an artist or a writer, you automatically accept… — Jim Steranko
Artists are not helper monkeys; they’re not in it to visualize 'your' story, because it stopped being 'your' story the moment you engaged in a… — Mark Waid
The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the… — Aberjhani
I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter… — A. J. Jacobs
The creative writer is usually captive to his next book. — Fannie Hurst
The more freedom I allow myself as a writer to wander, become lost and go into uncertain territory - and I am always trying to… — Nicole Krauss
Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need… — Nicole Krauss
David Grossman may be the most gifted writer I've ever read. [To the End of the Land is] powerful, shattering, and unflinching. To read it… — Nicole Krauss
When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair. — Alfred Kazin
We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along. — Alfred Kazin
I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are. — Jean M. Auel

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