Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

I have wanted everything as a writer and a woman, but most of all a world changed utterly by my revelations. — Dorothy Allison
A strong experience in the present awakens in the creative writer a memory of an earlier experience (usually belonging to his childhood) from which there… — Sigmund Freud
If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful.… — Theodora Goss
Read a lot. But read as a writer, to see how other writers are doing it. And make your knowledge of literature in English as… — Theodora Goss
DIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead - a circumstance from which that wicked writer,… — Ambrose Bierce
When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. — Nicholson Baker
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. — Elmore Leonard
My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything. — Susan Sontag
You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker. — Andy Rooney
The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer. — Steve Martin
Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track. — John Gregory Dunne
I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer. — Elmore Leonard
The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing. — Pico Iyer
Art is the writer not having control, but the subject having control of the writer. — Paula Vogel
This grant gave me more than memories; it gave me a crucial experience that is formative to all writers: the ability to perceive that we… — Paula Vogel
Proust, more perspicaciously than any other writer, reminds us that the 'walks' of childhood form the raw material of our intelligence. — Bruce Chatwin
A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer is not there… — Adriana Trigiani
I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer. — Bill Griffith
I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else. — Hugh Leonard
To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make — Antony Beevor
Way back in 1989, I got lucky with my first published story when it was selected for the Journey Prize anthology. Then I got lucky… — David Bergen
I'm not the slowest writer that you know. — David Remnick
It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things,… — Ferdinand Christian Baur
If you're a writer, you've chosen art as a way of life. You must accept that some will like your work and others will not.… — Mark Rubinstein
A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories. — Mark Rubinstein

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