Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing with general principles,… — William Strunk, Jr.
SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially in the doings of spooks. — Ambrose Bierce
The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to… — Lafcadio Hearn
Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather… — Paul Bailey
The choices a writer makes within a tradition - preferring Milton to Moliere, caring for Barth over Barthelme - constitute some of the most personal… — Zadie Smith
Every story has already been told. Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird and A Wrinkle… — Anna Quindlen
The head writer loves that my character is a boor. — Rob Corddry
I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away. — Jerry Pournelle
My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer. — Taylor Caldwell
No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not. — John Milius
No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly. — Octavia Butler
When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer. — Theodore Sturgeon
I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen. — John Millington Synge
I want to be a writer someday. — Andrea Barber
I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been… — Fred Saberhagen
My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with… — Rick Derringer
The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation. — Aharon Appelfeld
They're naughty, all those writers - they mess around with people. I know James Gandolfini got a bit fed up on 'The Sopranos': if he… — Kelly Macdonald
In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act… — Don DeLillo
REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. — Ambrose Bierce
Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country that… — Langston Hughes
I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have… — Jenny Agutter
I'm a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It's much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything has to be… — Steig Larsson
Why are we reading if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days, will illuminate and inspire us with wisdom, courage,… — Annie Dillard
Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems. — Peter Bichsel

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