Light Quote by Harvey Pekar

I don't really know the person who wrote the things I wrote. I kind of know him, but I change so much all the…

— Jonathan Ames

Sometimes the people around you really affect what you write.

— Susan Tedeschi

Writers sometimes write things for me and I like to see what they write because I want to see what their take on my…

— Isaiah Mustafa

“If you're writing primarily for one person besides yourself, I'd advise you pay very close attention to that person's opinion (I know one fellow…

— Stephen King

All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have…

— Meg Cabot

For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them…

— Virginia Hamilton

If you want to change everything about them they're not the one for you.

— SONYA PARKER

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story.

— Willa Cather

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

— Jerzy Kosinski

Never change yourself for someone. Just be what you are and let them love your original copy.

— Anonymous

It seems natural to me that as a writer, you should have some kind of, you know, there should be some kind of projection…

— Amiri Baraka