Writers Quotes

2641 Writers quotes by 1655 unique authors

No one should think he can quickly dispose of questions posed here offhandedly. It was precisely because writers were in the habit during the time… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. — John Cheever
Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society. — Octavio Paz
Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say. Never to have drawn the breath of life, never to have looked into the eye of… — William Butler Yeats
Writers are the engineers of human souls. — Joseph Stalin
Only stilted pedants can conceive the idea that there are absolute norms to tell what is beautiful and what is not. They try to derive… — Ludwig von Mises
Only the scenario writers are exempt. These are tied between the tails of two spirited Caucasian ponies, which are then driven off in opposite directions.… — S. J. Perelman
I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated. — Rick Springfield
The only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction might be in… — Rick Springfield
I’m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, I’ve deprioritized the role of writing in my life. I do… — Geoff Dyer
Writers are lucky. Whatever the mood, no matter the longing, the writer can use his words to connect himself to any world he wishes to… — Alan Zweibel
Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of… — Ralph Bakshi
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a… — Daniel Levitin
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad taste… — Jesse Owens
When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it. — Tracy Kidder
I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just… — Carol Leifer
Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background. — Van Wyck Brooks
Once outside the magic circle the writers became their lonely selves, pondering on poems, observing their fellow men ruthlessly, putting people they knew into novels;… — Barbara Pym
Many childrens writers dont have children of their own — Mark Haddon
Like many nonconformist and beat generation writers, William S. Burroughs takes the outcasts of society as his theme. — William S. Burroughs
Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients. — Samuel Johnson
As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was… — Elfriede Jelinek
Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited… — David Karp
I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me away from church… — Eric Clapton

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