Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

The story knows itself better than the writer does at some point, knows what's being said before the writer figures out how to say it. — Joy Williams
I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I… — John Grisham
If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would've done prison time. — Steven Bochco
It starts with the writer-it's a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his electronic bag of… — Steven Spielberg
I think it's hard to make a living as a writer, but I think it's hard to work at McDonald's too.... I think the commitment… — Pearl Cleage
As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette? — Federico Fellini
In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they can… — Luis Bunuel
Radio affects most intimately, person-to-perso n, offering a world of unspoken communication between writer-speaker and the listener — Marshall McLuhan
Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public recognition for your… — Pat Schneider
The writer's only responsibility is to his art...If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'… — William Faulkner
I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office and… — Jess Walter
Learn to write when you would rather sleep. Learn to exercise this gift of language when no conscious portion of your wits can vibrate anything… — L. Ron Hubbard
The key to being a wonderful writer is not to write. You just get out of the way. Leave room for God to walk in… — Michael Jackson
A writer need not devour a whole sheep in order to know what mutton tastes like, but he must at least eat a chop. Unless… — W. Somerset Maugham
I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naïve - because art takes us and… — Toni Morrison
The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the… — John Steinbeck
Dark influences from the American past congregate among us still. If we are a democracy, what are we to make of the palpable elements of… — Harold Bloom
I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of his own endeavor… — Truman Capote
Good writing, and this is especially important in a subject such as economics, must also involve the reader in the matter at hand. It is… — John Kenneth Galbraith
We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of our… — C.S. Lewis
The work of a writer, his continuing work, depends for breath of life on a certain privacy of heart. — Tennessee Williams
My mother raised me to be a writer. — Pat Conroy
Somehow, some way, incredibly enough, good writing ultimately gets recognized. If you're a really good writer and deserve that honored position, then by God, you'll… — Rod Serling
I write about what I know and what I have experienced. This keeps me an "honest" writer. — Will Eisner
A good writer always works at the impossible.There is another kind who pulls in his horizons, drops his mind as one lowers rifle sights. — John Steinbeck

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