Aspire Quote by Cynthia Ozick

It is a commonplace to say that novelists should be judged by their work rather than their private lives or their publicly expressed views.…

— Justin Cartwright

“Some of the best books published every year are penned by talented writers whose identity the public will never know.”

— Richard Castle

“Writing for the sake of writing, writing that draws its credibility from its very existence, is a foreign idea to most Americans. As a…

— Julia Cameron

Results have nothing at all whatever to do with the private fun of being an author. There lies the answer to the problem which…

— J. E. Buckrose

When you publish something, it is very much as if you pulled your pants down in public. If what you have written is good,…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Somehow, some way, incredibly enough, good writing ultimately gets recognized. If you're a really good writer and deserve that honored position, then by God,…

— Rod Serling

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

— Irwin Shaw

“You are an author, a public figure. You are going to be judged no matter what you write, so live your life in a…

— Sarah Gerdes

“We have our responsibilities as readers and even our importance. The standards we raise and the judgments we pass steal in the air and…

— Virginia Woolf

There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access. But ultimately,…

— Laura van den Berg

Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising are those…

— Lee Gutkind