Class Quote by George Orwell

“But there is also the minority of gifted, wilful people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong…

— George Orwell

There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're blessed, and they've worked at their craft,…

— David Grann

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that don't either don't have…

— Peter McWilliams

I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be starving people.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

There is plenty of ambitious competition and hypocrisy in the middle class, which makes it a rather fertile environment for a writer.

— J. K. Rowling

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people dont understand whats involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that dont either dont have…

— Peter McWilliams

People still struggle with this notion of gifted writers somehow being in touch with a higher power, but it's all about showing up and…

— Laura Lippman

Focusing on the gifted always leaves people behind, and portrays working-class people as a repellent hinterland that 'gifted' and 'talented' children need rescuing from.

— Dawn Foster

Most writers are middle-class and are the children of doctors or lawyers.

— Gore Vidal

I mean, first, almost all writers these days teach because they don't make enough money publishing to live on, to support themselves - people…

— Chad Harbach

Part of living, part of becoming a wise man or a wise woman, is to get to that point where you can have a…

— Norman Mailer

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

— Yann Martel