Acceptable Quote by David Mamet

A writer has to true to him or herself. Period. That’s it!

— Jhumpa Lahiri

Just because something is beautifully written does not mean it is true.

— Francis Schaeffer

The existence of the writer is to write, and to write is to tell the truth.

— Azar Nafisi

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

— Natalie Goldberg

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.

— Baron de Montesquieu

A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.

— Ernest Hemingway

a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)

— Gore Vidal

Good writing is about telling the truth.

— Anne Lamott

The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.

— Anonymous

Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.

— Richard Paul Evans

“Anyone can write something when asked. However, a true writer writes faithfully without question.”

— S.R. Dixon

“The reader is more important than the writer but the writer should never write just for the reader---authentic writing is a must yet, without…

— Alexander M. Zoltai