Writers Quotes

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Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art.… — Paddy Chayefsky
Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers. — Emile M. Cioran
There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count. We are still… — Sandra Cisneros
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. — Tom Clancy
It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best… — John Henrik Clarke
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good. — Harlan Coben
I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers… — Harlan Coben
Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and… — Harlan Coben
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. — Jean Cocteau
I know white clothing is supposed to enhance that summer glow, but writers don't tan. — Diablo Cody
Well, to aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily. — Diablo Cody
One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors know… — Diablo Cody
Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost? — Paulo Coelho
Today, writers want to impress other writers. — Paulo Coelho
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors. — Stephen Ambrose
I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I… — Maya Angelou
When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams… — Maya Angelou
Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because the… — Piers Anthony
I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy… — Piers Anthony
The number one thing I am earnestly attracted to is intelligence. Writers are thus the pinnacle of intelligence. While actors are great and awesome, writers… — Unknown Author
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word. — Catherine Drinker Bowen
Whatever else may be thought of the evidence from early Jewish and Gentile writers it does at least establish, for those who refuse the witness… — F. F. Bruce
Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups. — Anne Rice
I would be the last to disparage the genius of the politicians who make our laws," Hutchison wrote around that time, "the writers who make… — Bruce Hutchison

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