Desire Quote by George Saunders

Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people. They are…

— Raymond Chandler

A great writer created a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them…

— Cyril Connolly

“Anyone longing to become a writer, for even a few moments of his life, will vainly weave fantastic events unless he has experienced that…

— Ivan Klima

“The life of a writer is absolute hell compared with the life of a businessman. The writer has to force himself to work. He…

— Roald Dahl

“Part of the writer's problem may be thee wrong kind of appreciation: hen he does work he knows to be less than he's capable…

— John Gardner

An author who enjoys writing may sometimes please other people by accident, but he can never pass on to any one else the zestful…

— J. E. Buckrose

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s…

— Paul Auster

Writers are entirely egocentric. To them, few things in their lives have meaning or importance unless they give promise of serving some creative purpose.

— Doris Grumbach

A writer's self-consciousness, for which he is much scorned, is really a mode of interestedness, that inevitably turns outward.

— John Updike

I feel that all a writer has is his own experience.

— Truman Capote

As a writer, it's a great narrative tool to have that character who is slightly detached but at the same time observant of his…

— Dinaw Mengestu

“The ultimate goal of any writer is to explore the lightest and darkest aspects of being. If a writer accomplishes this task, the work…

— Kilroy J. Oldster