Writers Quotes

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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov
From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those… — Isaac Asimov
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL… — Margaret Atwood
Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no… — Margaret Atwood
I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,' or 'Nobody under… — Margaret Atwood
There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up… — Margaret Atwood
There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to… — Chinua Achebe
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he… — Wystan Hugh Auden
What makes me furious, not just because we're in an interview, but I don't like when writers take your words and put them somewhere else,… — Erykah Badu
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. — Walter Bagehot
How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers. — Amy Adams
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be… — Russell Baker
The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs… — James A. Baldwin
I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be… — Alan Ball
For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is… — Russell Banks
Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics. — John Banville
France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always… — Charles Baudelaire
All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible… — Nina Bawden
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. — Josh Billings

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