Ends Quote by David Leavitt

Writers speak for those who are kept in silence

— Isabel Allende

“A writer’s silence is the loudest scream; it’s the unwritten chapters of their life that echo in the emptiness of their soul.”

— Dr. Nitin Chopra

I want to write a novel about Silence," he said; “the things people don’t say.

— Virginia Woolf

As before, there is a great silence, with no end in sight. The writer surrenders, listening.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical manoeuvre. If a writer is silent, he is lying.

— Jaroslav Seifert

Writing is a struggle against silence.

— Carlos Fuentes

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

— Francois Mauriac

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

— Carina Round

“The author should strive to be silent in his novel.”

— Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick

Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.

— Dacia Maraini

All writing is an antisocial act, since the writer is a man who can speak freely only when alone; to be himself he must…

— Kenneth Tynan

If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying.

— Jaroslav Seifert