Evil Quote by E. Hoffman Price

“The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as for evil, is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected upon.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“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

“Writing, in its noblest function, is the attempt to unerase, to unearth, to find the primitive picture again, ours, the one that frightens us.”

— Hélène Cixous

“Writing is all at once an exploration of what is, and what is not. Of the known, and the unknown. A journey into the…

— Madelaine Standing

“If in this address I were to summon all the writers to whom I owe a few things or a great deal, their shadows…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Characters, for good or evil, are part of an author's family. Once we have let them out of our imaginations, they stay with us…

— Andrew Ferrell

“Writers are in many ways like demi-gods. With one stroke of a pen they can give life to a character, or strike them from…

— Steven Lake

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

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

— George Orwell

“Writing a book is a horrible exhausting struggle; one would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon.”

— J.D. Salinger

“Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. The writer doubles and trebles the power of writing when a ruler imposes silence on…

— Victor Hugo

“Better and happier those who, recognizing that everything is fictitious, write the novel before someone writes it for them and, like Machiavelli, don courtly…

— Fernando Pessoa