Writer You Quotes

95 quotes by 87 authors

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work;… — Alan Alda
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. — David Brin
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be… — David Brin
If you're a writer, you want to get your soul out there, where people can look at it. — Jeremy Larner
As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake. — Aimee Bender
In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work… — Alain de Botton
When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid — Horton Foote
They say that to be a writer you must first have an unhappy childhood. I don't know if unhappiness is necessary, but I think maybe… — Cynthia Rylant
You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good. — Dorianne Laux
By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but… — Ralph Ellison
To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest will… — Jean Craighead George
To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be. — Ayn Rand
As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you… — Iain Banks
The detachment of the artist is kind of creepy. It's kind of rude, and yet really it's where art comes from. It's not the same… — Lorrie Moore
At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You… — Walter Mosley
I don't think people were put here to be happy. I think if you decide to be an artist or a writer, you automatically accept… — Jim Steranko
If you are destined to become a writer, you can't help it. If you can help it, you aren't destined to become a writer. The… — Donald Harington
As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to… — Nicholas Meyer
As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part of you as… — Elizabeth Berg
When you're the director and the writer, you never have to remember your lines, and there's no one to call you on it. On Garden… — Zach Braff

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