Best Writer You Sayings

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As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're seeing… — Jonah Hill
When I was a young writer if you went to a party and told somebody you were a science-fiction writer you would be insulted. They… — Ray Bradbury
Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks. — Stephen Fry
When you're starting off as a young writer, you look at all the stuff that's gone before and the stuff that's influenced you, and you… — Neil Gaiman
The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is… — Graham Greene
You don't ever want to go out there and not be the best. You want to be the best cop that you can. Be the… — Bryce Harper
I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You… — Mark Haddon
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a… — John Irving
And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary… — John Irving
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way… — Stephen King
You have a strange relationship with calamity when you're a writer: you write about it; as an artist, you objectify and fetishize it. You render… — Tony Kushner
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write. — Elmore Leonard
As a writer, you owe it to yourself not to get stuck in a rut of looking at the world in a certain way. — Hilary Mantel
You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you… — Haruki Murakami
If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking… — Joyce Carol Oates
No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time. — Joyce Carol Oates
I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the time... I like… — Marjane Satrapi
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are. — Gore Vidal
If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip… — Walter Mosley
As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand. — Ernest Hemingway
If you're just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television's electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then… — Stephen King
To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you. — Michelle Richmond
If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so… — Martha Gellhorn
Step out from behind the words. When you're a writer you can imagine that the words speak for you and are you, but they're not.… — Beth Kephart
If only you’d remember before ever you sit down to write that you’ve been a reader long before you were ever a writer. You simply… — J D Salinger

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