Counterculture Quote by George Carlin

I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.

— Gloria Steinem

I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.

— Mat Kearney

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

— Jackie Collins

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a…

— Tracy Chapman

Writers interest me for their style, their obsessions, the ways in which they approach the world.

— Amitava Kumar

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff.

— Pauley Perrette

I'm a writer, not a genre.

— Carlos Fuentes

First and foremost, I am a writer. That's what I have spent my life doing.

— Gyles Brandreth

I started writing when I was a journalist. But every time I sat down to write a novel or a story, I ended up…

— Damian Barr

I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction.

— Neil Gaiman

I start writing with an open mind without thinking about genre and realise, only after writing, that it falls under many genres.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there.

— Will Hobbs