Essays Quote by Charles D'Ambrosio

One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever…

— Linda Cardellini

I am very interested in people trying to write because I don't have a big academic background at all.

— Grace Paley

The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.

— Frank Murphy

My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything.

— Susan Sontag

I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.

— Cathy Marie Buchanan

I write to be read. I'm quite direct about that. I'm not writing to thrill colleagues or to impress the professors at the University…

— Erik Larson

I like writing because I can do it anywhere, and I don't need money to do it.

— Viv Albertine

I write what I'm interested in.

— Lisa See

Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I tried to…

— Stan Lee

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond price.

— Robert Harris

Writing is a little box of interest that I take out once in a while.

— Mukul Dev