Allow Quote by Howard Jacobson

Novelists should never allow themselves to weary of the study of real life.

— Charlotte Bronte

A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

A writer will do anything to avoid the act of writing.

— William Zinsser

A dramatic writer should never tell anything he can show.

— Nunnally Johnson

A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.

— Samuel Johnson

In secluding himself too much from society, an author is in danger of losing that intimate acquaintance with life which is the only sure…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated.

— Patricia Duncker

An author never does more damage to his readers than when he hides a difficulty.

— Evariste Galois

A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.

— James A. Baldwin

The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.

— Mortimer Adler

Nobody's safe around a writer.

— Lanford Wilson

Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.

— Walter Jon Williams