Knows Quote by Fay Weldon

If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets…

— Caroline B. Cooney

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

— Robert Penn Warren

“There's an enormous difference between being a story writer and being a regular person. As a person, it's your duty to stay on a…

— Rick Bass

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.

— Tom Stoppard

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

— Michael Morpurgo

If you don't want to be in a story, don't know a writer.

— Ethan Mordden

I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you.

— Jennifer Weiner

I don't like writing with real people in mind.

— Laura Wade

When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I tried to write about real things. I wanted to describe…

— Nicole Krauss

Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life.

— Ray Bradbury