Always Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

“Sometimes I think they are writers who do not write. That "writers write" is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I…

— Renata Adler

Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation…

— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

I have always written - since I was a kid. I might say that I am essentially a writer who is bored to be…

— Jasmila Zbanic

“Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone.”

— Neil Postman

“Writers that don't write, end up talking to themselves...”

— Carina Round

Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.

— Cesare Pavese

Very few people can write in a crowd. This is a very solitary occupation. I have known people more talented than me who never…

— Tom Robbins

'Writing' always means 'not writing' to me because I will do anything to put it off. I think this is mainly because writing anything…

— Catherine Tate

I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.

— William S. Burroughs

I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join a party.…

— Anne Roiphe

That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant.…

— Renata Adler

I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.

— Zoe Kazan