Life experience Quote by Howie Mandel

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one,…

— Judy Blume

Growing up, I didn't know any writers and felt somewhat isolated.

— Marie Lu

Writers tend to feel like outsiders.

— Jesse Armstrong

“Life as a writer was not what I expected. I knew no other writers. I knew no writing teachers or editors. I had to…

— Lee Siegel

Whatever solidarity I have established with other writers individually, it is usually organized around books. We connected as readers, as it were, not writers.

— Aleksandar Hemon

I was a writer since I was a little kid. It just always sort of fit for me.

— Brian Bird

We live in a time when writers do not always have barriers around them

— Georges Simenon

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

— Anne Rice

While we were promoting 'Wide Open Spaces,' we set aside time to write. We went on several writing retreats where nobody could get hold…

— Martie Maguire

I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition: everybody would…

— Irvine Welsh

My family was big on sharing. I guess it was just the way I was brought up. Or maybe, I read those fairy tales…

— Margaret Atwood

I was never really a writer, I was always more of a performer.

— Mick Ronson