Writer Knows Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. — John le Carre
There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least. — Frank Moore Colby
I feel that, in a sense, the writer knows nothing any longer. He has no moral stance. He offers the reader the contents of his… — J. G. Ballard
It's this simple law, which every writer knows, of taking two opposites and putting them in a room together. I love anything with Cartman and… — Trey Parker
When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. — Willie Morris
Every writer knows that unless you were born gifted with either supreme confidence or outsize ego, handing in your work holds, in some cases, admitted… — Dick Cavett
If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg… — Ernest Hemingway
As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or the… — John Gardner
Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels. — May Sarton
Go where the pleasure is in your writing. Go where the pain is. Write the book you would like to read. Write the book you… — Anne Rice
If a writer knows what he or she is doing, I'll go along for the ride. If he or she doesn't... well, I'm in my… — Stephen King
The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist. — Charles R. Jackson
When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. He must always be a stranger to the place… — William Morris
Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line often separates affirmation from negation, sense from nonsense, and one… — James Thurber
I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American. I don't protect my own ass, I protect the writer's ass… — Robert Englund

Who Wrote These Writer Knows Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 16 Writer Knows Quotes as follows: