Antenna Quote by Ian Hunter

I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.

— Ian Hunter

Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.

— John Banville

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

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else

— Laurell K. Hamilton

For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn't get his ideas from other people…

— Robert M. Pirsig

That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant.…

— Renata Adler

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

— Edmund Burke

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

— Anne Rice

So many writers live their whole lives in rooms. You can be too civilised in the environment you have around you, too oriented towards…

— Lawrence Osborne

I know that I'm probably far more pedestrian and less talented than many who dreamed of becoming writers but couldn't see the road so…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books in, even…

— Augusten Burroughs