Trouble Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

— Alan Dean Foster

Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult.

— Michael Morpurgo

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

— Iris Johansen

I don't like writers. They're dangerous people.

— Greta Garbo

“Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious." [ Ten rules for writing fiction , The Guardian, 20 February 2010 (with Diana Athill,…

— P. D. James

Don't live with writers. Writers are bastards.

— Warren Ellis

“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.”

— Christy Hall

A writer who isn't writing is asking for trouble.

— Walter Kirn

I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.

— Ruskin Bond

I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say…

— Jillian Medoff

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

— Joseph Heller

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes