Nature Quote by Ian Hunter

I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators. I am no where near as much of that as Bob Dylan. But…

— Ian Hunter

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

— Chinua Achebe

There are so many different types of writers. It's just sheer coincidence that they're all called writers.

— Renata Adler

Writers are first and foremost observers. We lose ourselves in the watching and then the telling of the world we find. Often we feel…

— Lisa Unger

Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find…

— Sara Sheridan

Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one direction, have great influence on the public mind.

— Edmund Burke

My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms.

— Howard Hodgkin

The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

— Rod McKuen

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and…

— Julianna Baggott

Individual writers can certainly make a difference, but they are working within a system, an institution, that still holds tremendous power over whose voices…

— Marjorie Liu

There are so many reasons why, for me, writing is superior to acting. One of them is anonymity. Writers can live relatively normal lives.

— Evangeline Lilly

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher