Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75 — Irwin Shaw
In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices — Irwin Shaw
My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever — Irwin Shaw
I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans — Irwin Shaw
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer — Irwin Shaw
Stripping toughened my hide, but exposing myself as a writer has been a lot more brutal. — Diablo Cody
Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the… — Julien Benda
As a writer, I've always been interested in others. — Antonio Tabucchi
There are few punishments too severe for a popular novel writer, — S. S. Van Dine
If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan, we must endeavour to… — Adam Weishaupt
Being the only writer on a successful show is very rewarding. — Steven Moffat
Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer. — James Salter
A film writer is very much like a party girl. While you're good-looking and still unlined, the possibilities seem endless. But your appeal doesn't last… — James Salter
Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things. — James Salter
I don't have any real goals except to follow one good sentence with another... I'm not the kind of writer who has a map. — Melissa Bank
Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a… — Max Brooks
There's a fine line between imagination and reality. An inventor dreams something up, and pretty soon, it's there on the table before him. A science-fiction… — Ridley Pearson
The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP. — John Hersey
If I went to someone for therapy, I wouldn't be a writer...I would just be well adjusted. — Garth Stein
For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in… — Laura Hillenbrand
I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to… — Tim Cahill
A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow. — Johann Georg Hamann
It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of mine. We did… — Rosamund Pike
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a… — Barry Levinson
I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy this book -… — Christopher Darden

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