Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. — Willie Morris
As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part of you as… — Elizabeth Berg
A civilization without retail bookstores is unimaginable. Like shrines and other sacred meeting places, bookstores are essential artifacts of human nature. The feel of a… — Jason Epstein
When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself. — David Leavitt
Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it. — Charlie Kaufman
I mean, I'm a writer, actor, AND director. Not to rock the boat or anything, but compare that to a carpenter and, in the end,… — Zach Braff
My job as an actor has inspired generations of children to become doctors. My job as a writer has opened up the minds of millions.… — Zach Braff
When you're the director and the writer, you never have to remember your lines, and there's no one to call you on it. On Garden… — Zach Braff
We have a game we play when we’re waiting for tables in restaurants, where you have to write the five things that describe yourself on… — Nora Ephron
Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people dont understand whats involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that dont either dont have enough… — Peter McWilliams
I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form… — Joseph Epstein
There’s a great expression in Twelve Step programs: Act as if. Act as if you’re a writer. Sit down and begin. Act as if you… — Dani Shapiro
If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live… — Dani Shapiro
A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him. — Mo Yan
The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer. — Mo Yan
A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor. — Mo Yan
All kinds of mysterious phenomena exist in this world, but answers to most of them have come with advances in scientific knowledge. Love is the… — Mo Yan
At no time am I a quick thinker or writer: whatever I have done in science has solely been by long pondering, patience and industry. — Charles Darwin
When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul. — Unknown Author
The writer works in a lonely way. — Irwin Shaw
Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, the place to love and… — Louise Erdrich
Mind you, I have had in my sojourn on earth as good a time of it as any man, so I can speak with some… — Robert Baden-Powell
Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world, and it is bad scholarship to… — William Butler Yeats
I got a fortune cookie that said, "To remember is to understand." I have never forgotten it. A good judge remembers what it was like… — Anna Quindlen
The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art's sake than a man on a sinking ship… — Upton Sinclair

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