After Quote by Edmund White

I'm a storyteller, I'm not a literary writer, and I don't want to be a literary writer. People say to me, "Oh, when are…

— Jackie Collins

I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came…

— Margaret Mahy

I am a gay writer, absolutely. And in no way does that fact limit the reach or importance of what I write.

— Garth Greenwell

You want to say the thing that will drive everybody in the direction you want to go. But as a writer you have a…

— Michael Pollan

Every time I start off a book or a story I feel like I'm developing a new style or approach for that individual story…

— Scott Bradfield

I used to write fiction, non-fiction, fiction, non-fiction and have a clear pattern because I'd need a break from one style when going into…

— Zoe Foster Blake

I'm never really conscious of what I'm being influenced by when I'm writing.

— Jon Hopkins

I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available…

— Kevin Sessums

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to…

— Kenzaburo Oe

I became a writer out of the desire to express myself.

— Pankaj Kapur

I'm the kind of writer who thinks style is just as important as the story being told.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

It's important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work.

— Tituss Burgess