Believe Quote by Dani Shapiro

Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you're not writing.

— David Milch

You have to believe in yourself and only trust your own vision and instincts. If I'd listened to what other people thought about my…

— Philipp Meyer

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

— Ronald Frame

If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.

— James Purdy

If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.

— Brandon Sanderson

I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you.

— Jennifer Weiner

“When you write, you believe in something no one else can see. You spend lots of time committed to a project for which there…

— Heather Sellers

As a writer, you have to believe you're one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter…

— Jo Nesbo

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

— David Brin

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.

— Andrew Vachss

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.

— Tom Clancy

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

— Elmore Leonard