On-writing Quote by Hemingway, Ernest

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have…

— Ernest Hemingway

In order to be a great writer a person must have a built-in, shockproof crap detector.

— Ernest Hemingway

“What is the greatest reward a writer can have? Isn't it that day when someone rushes up to you, his face bursting with honesty,…

— Ray Bradbury

“Writing is a gift to both the writer and the reader.”

— Cheryl Alleway

“The most profound, life-altering gift you can offer the Indie writer you love is to TELL as MANY avid readers as you are able.”

— R.S. Guthrie

“What is the greatest reward a writer can have? Isn’t it that day when someone rushes up to you, his face bursting with honesty,…

— Ray Bradbury

“What a gift. This page is briefly stained by my tears of gratitude. Novelists don't usually have it so good, do they, when something…

— Martin Amis

“Writing is a gift. To be good at your gift you need to keep writing.”

— Lisa Powell

Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader.

— Nuruddin Farah

“The secret of being a successful writer is--write. Every writer deserves that chance.”

— Millicent Ashby

“One of the best perks of being a writer is having a safe place to park all the crazy crap residing in my head.”

— Coo Sweet

I feel like it's a gift for any writer to be recognized like this.

— Tracy K. Smith