Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

Arnošt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the Holocaust. — Josef Skvorecky
The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham . — George Orwell
I cannot stand Tolstoy, and reading him was the most boring literary duty I ever had to perform, his philosophy and his sense of life… — Ayn Rand
Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art. — Charles Dickens
If you wait for inspiration to write you're not a writer, you're a waiter. — Dan Poynter
I'm not a big believer in disciplined writers. What does discipline mean? The writer who forces himself to sit down and write for seven hours… — Bret Easton Ellis
To be a writer, a creative person, you must retain your ability to react uniquely. Your feelings must remain your own. The day you mute… — Dwight V. Swain
If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If you… — Anne Rice
The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream. — Henryk Sienkiewicz
It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the… — Julianna Baggott
Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to write… — Tamora Pierce
A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. — Susan Sontag
I suspect that every writer is secretly writing for someone. — Unknown Author
No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you've been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all… — Christopher Eccleston
J.R. Angelella is a truly gifted writer. Zombie is one of the smartest, strangest, and most beautifully crafted coming-of-age stories you will ever encounter. — Donald Ray Pollock
Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in… — Donald Ray Pollock
I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to… — Roger Angell
From Finding the Center to Reading and Writing: A Personal Account, the story remains the same: in a journey unique to myself, I left my… — Caryl Phillips
I have never stopped considering not becoming a writer. — Joshua Ferris
Steve Forman is a brutally funny writer. His no-nonsense, unadorned style begs comparison to Dashiell Hammett, but Hammett's humor at its darkest never hit home… — Loren D. Estleman
Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as… — Maj Sjowall
Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a… — Vincente Minnelli
A writer is a strange instrument of our species, a harp of sorts, fine-tuned to the dark contradictions of life. — Chaim Potok
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big… — Alex Haley
Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't allow the same… — Isobelle Carmody

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