Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly. — Leonard Cohen
I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror,… — Harlan Coben
The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's… — Harlan Coben
Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and… — Harlan Coben
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. — Jean Cocteau
I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting. — Diablo Cody
It's possible that I've matured as a writer, and I hope I've matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes. — Diablo Cody
I hear that 5 o'clock whistle in my mind like Fred Flintstone and I have to stop. I'm also not much of a morning writer.… — Diablo Cody
I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager. — Paulo Coelho
I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought… — Paulo Coelho
I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the… — Sam Abell
The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. — Stephen Ambrose
I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go… — Tori Amos
I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the… — Ian Anderson
I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm, feeding and watering all these rats. Then I got a… — Kevin J. Anderson
Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon. — Maya Angelou
Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written, then it's hard… — Maya Angelou
Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, 'Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and… — Maya Angelou
One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need. — Piers Anthony
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get… — Piers Anthony

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