Reputation Quote by Christopher Bollen

I think writers tend to hear a different message from the ones our friends and acquaintances intend. We see what's revealed, which makes us…

— Tom Barbash

Writers write about what worries them.

— Alistair MacLeod

Writers are entirely egocentric. To them, few things in their lives have meaning or importance unless they give promise of serving some creative purpose.

— Doris Grumbach

We live in a time when writers do not always have barriers around them

— Georges Simenon

I don't like writers. They're dangerous people.

— Greta Garbo

Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.

— Andrea Hirata

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and…

— Julianna Baggott

People should be cautious how they treat writers, lest their faults become immortalized for the world to see. - D.

— D Michael Hardy

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is…

— E. L. Doctorow

I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in.

— Augusten Burroughs

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect…

— Anonymous

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

— John Irving