Discovering Quote by Eileen Myles

I'm not really a mainstream novelist!

— Irvine Welsh

I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what's happened.

— Anne Enright

Writers tend to feel like outsiders.

— Jesse Armstrong

For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the…

— Ruth Ozeki

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

— Mitski

I sometimes feel I'm a sort of cult writer, rather than a mainstream writer, in that those who like my stuff like it a…

— Martin Amis

My past makes me an insider, but my profession makes me an outsider. A writer always stands outside to report on reality.

— Amitava Kumar

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.

— Colin Wilson

I've always read, I've always admired writers and was lucky really to meet some extraordinary ones and become friends. Certain times you just like…

— David Salle

It used to bother me being portrayed as this bitchy person, but now I feel that the public understands me better than some writer.…

— Jennifer Lopez

Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon