Bits Quote by Conor Oberst

You know how sometimes you meet writers that are so full of themselves? They feel really proud that they wrote something . But what…

— Sandra Cisneros

In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try not to…

— Ken Liu

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

— Iris Johansen

I feel like people who criticize authors for being self-promotional fail to recognize that a lot of times their ability to continue writing hinges…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I'm not a critic so much of my own writing. People must make up their own minds over that.

— William Golding

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.

— Kanye West

I think to the degree writers are serious, there is a greater tendency for them to write to themselves, because they're trying to compose…

— Marilynne Robinson

I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.

— Emma Healey

Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes.

— Frank Delaney

I have never been particularly impressed by the self centered musings of my fellow writers.

— Gore Vidal

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

— Ronald Frame

I think anyone who's not as good a writer as me is absolutely a hack, and I think anybody who's a slightly better writer…

— Chuck Klosterman