Writing Quote by Eve Babitz

“One of the single most important things a writer must do, besides writing, is reading ... ... and drinking coffee.”

— Linda Ghaderi

“I have written less than most writers. But I have drunk far more than most drinkers.”

— Guy Debord

“From that time forward it has been hard for me not to think of literature as created primarily to give writers the drinks they…

— Caroline Rody

“There are two simple things that can make writers shine: midnight coffee, and daytime wine.”

— Brandon Gene Petit

“writers all had drinking problems in the twentieth century, and once she got the $1,080 check, she was obviously a writer and it was…

— Eve Babitz

“Writers aren't born, they're made--from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.”

— Alexander Chee

“There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.”

— Charles Bukowski

“She read novels. One book after another, sometimes at the rate of one a day, for a solid year. An acceptable form of escape…

— Wendy Wax

“And yes, the Hemingways, the Fitzgeralds, the Faulkners and the Capotes. Drank while writing. Drink next to the typewriter. But the longer I lived…

— Jeanne Darst

“It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. A past life of drinking heavily, fighting and whoring all help to…

— Ken Scott

“During the day she would read science fiction novels. In the evenings she watched television. And she ate, and ate, and drank, and ate.”

— Fay Weldon

“I write better with alcohol.”

— A.D. Starrling