Absent Quote by George S. Kaufman

There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.

— James T. Farrell

For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.

— Rumer Godden

“The only good writer was a dead writer.”

— John Steinbeck

I write plays for people who wouldn't be seen dead in the theatre.

— Barrie Keeffe

I prefer dead writers because you don't run into them at parties.

— Fran Lebowitz

No one who writes a good book is really dead.

— Walter Moers

“Writing is one of the loneliest of the arts; unlike the actor we have no immediate audience and must wait many long months, even…

— Bryan Forbes

Without curiosity a writer is dead.

— Lynne Tillman

Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

— Stephen King

[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties.

— Fran Lebowitz

I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.

— Helen Oyeyemi

Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.

— Mike Tyson