Writers Quotes

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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
And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses.… — Octavia Butler
All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts. — Lloyd Alexander
I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas. — Orson Scott Card
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very,… — Sherman Alexie
I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available… — John le Carre
The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of… — Graydon Carter
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an… — Nick Cave
Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers. — Jackie Chan
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all.… — Raymond Chandler
I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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