Writers Quotes

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I could say that all my books were conceived by the time I was twenty, although they were not to be written for another thirty… — Marguerite Yourcenar
I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style. — Elmore Leonard
Foolish writers and readers are created for each other. — Horace Walpole
The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote. — William Hazlitt
I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me — Caroline B. Cooney
Jane Austen can in fact get more drama out of morality than most other writers can get from shipwreck, battle, murder, or mayhem. — Ronald Blythe
The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writers main motivation is to become friends with the band. Theyre not really journalists; theyre… — Chuck Klosterman
I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take… — Ryan Tedder
The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers. — Scott Turow
I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in progress. There is the sense… — Helen Dunmore
Books are the ultimate way for writers to reach immortality. — Iris Chang
I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique geniuses, and the… — Scott Lynch
Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that… — Candace Bushnell
Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile. — Rudy Rucker
Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft… — Charles Frazier
Sophisticated readers understand that writers work out their anger, their conflicts, their endless grief and rolling list of loss, through their stories. That however mean-spirited… — Amy Bloom
Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished,… — Robert McKee
Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form. — Robert McKee
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality,… — Mika
Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord's day or Sunday, yet it was never denominated the Sabbath; a name constantly appropriate… — Charles Buck
Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden
It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware… — James Payn
I've never been able to write poetry without having vast tracts of dead time. Poetry requires a certain kind of disciplined indolence that the world,… — Christian Wiman
Writers are great lovers. They fall in love with other writers. That's how they learn to write. They take on a writer, read everything by… — Natalie

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