Lenses Quote by Chath Piersath

My writing is a lens into the possibilities of the American experience.

— Charles Bartlett Johnson

I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel…

— Bharati Mukherjee

I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point.

— Jack Nicholson

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me,…

— Chath Piersath

I've always tried to write about America. It's very worth a writer's effort.

— John Updike

I write everywhere. I've written books while I was on planes, at Disney World, and in multiple countries of which I am not a…

— Seanan McGuire

All the things worth writing about are outside me. I'm a lens, not a source. And even if it's not always a comfortable journey,…

— Karen Traviss

But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers…

— Fay Godwin

At Ucross I learned that I am capable of focusing deeply for long periods of time. I love to write. I don't think I…

— Edan Lepucki

I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself first of…

— Omari Hardwick

Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world.

— Leonard Mlodinow

I consider myself a writer who writes about American expatriates. And if I have any overt cause as a writer besides writing the best…

— Bob Shacochis