Competition Quote by Garrison Keillor

Many writers are paralyzed by the thought that they are competing with everybody else who is trying to write and presumably doing it better……

— William Zinsser

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the…

— Claire Messud

Today, writers want to impress other writers.

— Paulo Coelho

I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.

— Elmore Leonard

I feel like people who criticize authors for being self-promotional fail to recognize that a lot of times their ability to continue writing hinges…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are…

— Diablo Cody

A writer can't afford to just focus on writing and leave marketing aside in today's competitive market.

— Amish Tripathi

Writers are diffident creatures -- they need encouragement.

— Agatha Christie

Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I tried to…

— Stan Lee

“Writing is a lot like sex: at first you do it because you enjoy it. Then you find yourself doing it with others. But…

— Michael J. Goulding

Writing has to be an obsession - it's only for those who say, 'I'm not going to do anything else.'

— Lorrie Moore

Some writers thrive on the contact with the commerce of success; others are corrupted by it. Perhaps, like losing one's virginity,it is not as…

— V. S. Pritchett