Writes Quotes

633 quotes by 541 authors

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
The writer doesnâ€™t write for the reader. He doesnâ€™t write for himself, either. He writes to serveâ€¦something. Somethingness. The somethingness that is sheltered by the… — Joy Williams
When one writes, thereâ€™s the double horror of discovering not only what it is that one so fears but also the triviality of that fear. — Deborah Eisenberg
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness writes in white ink on a white page. — Henry de Montherlant
Helen Lowe writes wonderful stories, yes, but her work also speaks with lyricism to deeper questions of how we treat each other. Â With lovely… — Catherine Asaro
A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar. — Arthur Koestler
The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life. — Leon Edel
Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history. — Samuel P. Huntington
Well, as anyone who actually writes knows, if you sit down and are prepared, then the ideas come. There's a lot of different ways people… — Nick Cave
I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me. — Stephan Jenkins
I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I… — Shawn Colvin
The true bureaucrat is a man of really remarkable talents. He writes a kind of English that is unknown elsewhere in the world, and an… — H. L. Mencken
Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics. — Yehuda Amichai
One of the best things Iâ€™ve read about that inexplicably, but endlessly, fascinating group of people, the so-called Serious Collectors of 78s. Petrusich burrows into… — John Jeremiah Sullivan
Primitives of our own species, even today are historically shallow in their knowledge of the past. Only the poet who writes speaks his message across… — Loren Eiseley
Everything a man writes about himself is instructive. — John Glassco
You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any… — Shonda Rhimes
Enya never writes a bad melody. That's first and foremost her secret. As she goes along, she'll start changing the dynamics, pushing here and there… — Nicky Ryan
Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays. — Gerry Mulligan

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