Writers Quotes

2641 Writers quotes by 1655 unique authors

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. — Jim Bishop
I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I… — Andrea Bocelli
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged… — Jorge Luis Borges
Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers. — Alain de Botton
I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the… — Alain de Botton
I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers. — Anthony Bourdain
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. — Joseph Brodsky
Great writers are the saints for the godless. — Anita Brookner
Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate… — Mel Brooks
Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers. — Mel Brooks
Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it. — Alton Brown
Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual. — Rita Mae Brown
Writers will happen in the best of families. — Rita Mae Brown
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding. — Anatole Broyard
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish… — Edward Albee
Graham Greene famously said that all writers need a chip of ice in their heart; Cusk can come across as the most beautiful ice palace… — Julie Burchill
On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets,… — Eric Burdon
I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what… — Leo Burnett
Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going… — William S. Burroughs
Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear. — William S. Burroughs

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