Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

I tend to cut David Brooks more slack than most people I know do, and I do it for one main reason. He can write.… — Unknown Author
What is new about Barthes's posthumous reputation is the view of him as a writer whose books of criticism and personal musings must be admired… — Edmund White
If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be. — George V
A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity. — Franz Kafka
As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer. — David Frum
The more consistently Austrian School an economist is, the better a writer he will be. — Murray Rothbard
God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names. — Dennis Potter
I think writer's block is simply the dread that you are going to write something horrible. But as a writer, I believe that if you… — Roy Blount, Jr.
When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he… — Anton Chekhov
A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper; the work should be painstaking, laborious. — Anton Chekhov
Everything I have written up to now is trifling compared to that which I would like to write and would write with great pleasureEither I… — Anton Chekhov
I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like… — Don Novello
I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader. — Iris Johansen
I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a high suspense writer. — Iris Johansen
Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but high suspense writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama. — Iris Johansen
One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another is… — Anne Lamott
I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to… — Lawrence Block
A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff. — Tony Hillerman
I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective. — James Ellroy
If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the… — S E Hinton
I'm a writer. I write not only for a living, I write because I'm a writer. — Gary Jennings
Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself. — Dario Argento
One changes, as a writer, fairly quickly; what you wrote six months or a year ago might not sound right anymore. — Keith Gessen
I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer,… — Vincent Bugliosi
Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else. — Iris Chang

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