Hard Quote by Fran Lebowitz

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

— Shiloh Fernandez

There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be rich, famous and successful, but if those…

— Anonymous

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

— Flannery O'Connor

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

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

— Julian Barnes

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

— Courtney A. Kemp

I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.

— Jill Lepore

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

— Mohsin Hamid

Writing is physical work. It's sweaty work. You just can't will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.

— Wil Haygood

You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.

— Paul Theroux