Art Quote by Ernest Hemingway

Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of…

— Agnes Repplier

“A writer should read until he is filled to the brim and like a pitcher which is over-filled over flows. And then he should…

— Charles Nodier

No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.

— David Foster Wallace

People meet writers and are bowled over when the writer is friendly to them and invites them to his house for a glass of…

— Garrison Keillor

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

— Salman Rushdie

Thank God for novelists. Thank God there are people willing to write everything down. Otherwise, so much would be forgotten.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

— Mignon McLaughlin

I think thats the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

— Maria Semple

Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track.

— John Gregory Dunne

The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.

— Edna Ferber

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

— Chinua Achebe

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.

— James Scott Bell