Books Quote by Cyril Connolly

“The truly great writer does not want to write. He wants the world to be a place in which he can live the life…

— Henry Miller

There's a really nice moment in the life of a piece of writing where the writer starts to get a feeling of it outgrowing…

— George Saunders

“Quite often, too, a writer who has for a time been believed to possess a great store of ordinarily profound ideas, and who is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“A writer lives, at least, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies…

— William Sansom

The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves.

— Lauren Groff

“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities and expectations…

— Nora Roberts

Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications.

— Raymond Carver

“It takes a great reader to make a great book. (Creative Self-Publishing)”

— Orna Ross

“Everybody is born with a little bit of writer in them. We all come with the desire to work hard to see our creations…

— Brian A. McBride

A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies…

— William Sansom

“He has discovered the truths that keep writers chained to their desks: the primacy of the inner life and the sheer exhilaration of creating…

— Barbara Klein Moss

“Writing novels allows you to create your own world.”

— Norman Shabel