Writing Quote by Douglas Bond

“There is only one kind of immorality in fiction, and that is when you write badly.”

— Anthony Burgess

“I can't accept that a work of fiction should be either immoral or moral. It should merely show the world as it is and…

— Anthony Burgess

“If you are a real writer, then just surrender to the writer's life, all of it, even the bad stuff. When you do that,…

— Lauren B. Davis

“I write characters that are ultimately flawed. Individual morality motivates character action. They all have a different view of right and wrong. Regardless of…

— Peter P. Sellers

“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.”

— George Orwell

“Writers, to my way of thinking, are no more free in their choices than most people. Our material chooses us; certain things engage us,…

— Tobias Wolff

“There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I started out hoping to remind people at some point in the novel that we should be loving and kind. But then the theme…

— Patricia Hickman

“Moral writing is boring.”

— Johan van Wyk

“Isn’t that why all writers write? To inspire their readers?”

— Adam Langer

“Accurate and questioning dramatic and written narratives that expose true human character, is the necessary glue of any intelligent, enduring and compassionate society.”

— Yon Walls

“A writer is anyone who follows only the truth of who they are, without ever relying on anything other than the poverty and solitude…

— Christian Bobin