Writer Like Quotes

10 quotes by 10 authors

• The writer, like everyone else, is equipped in infancy with a thick padding of things he believes to be true, but which aren't. — Jon Franklin
• I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my… — Harold Pinter
• I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body… — Ketch Secor
• The writer, like a swimmer caught by an undertow, is borne in an unexpected direction. He is carried to a subject which has awaited him--a… — Elizabeth Bowen
• Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply… — Joyce Maynard
• The writer, like the murderer, needs a motive, — Janet Malcolm
• The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower.… — Will Self
• The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot. — Craig Johnson
• Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is too much for him. — Elwyn Brooks White

Who Wrote These Writer Like Quotes

10 authors contributed a total of 10 Writer Like Quotes as follows:

• 1 Writer Like Quote by Elwyn Brooks White
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Jon Franklin
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Harold Pinter
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Ketch Secor
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Elizabeth Bowen
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Joyce Maynard
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Janet Malcolm
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Will Self
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 1 Writer Like Quote by Craig Johnson