Writers-on-writing Quote by Isabel Huggan Download Open image ““But I did not want to be good. I wanted to be a writer.”” — Isabel Huggan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Writers-on-writing Writing Writing life
“It wasn't that I wanted to be a writer; I just didn't want to be stupid.” — David Carr Copy Share Image
“I wanted to see the world, to work in all professions , to meet new people, to be whatever I ever imagined, to tell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The people I've known who wanted to become writers, knowing what it meant, did become writers.” — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“I write because I am a writer, not because I want to get anything out of it.” — H Raven Rose Copy Share Image
“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities and expectations… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever recommended or even desired that I be a novelist - in fact, some tried to stop me. I had the idea to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I think... the most brilliant thing about being a writer,is that if you don't like the way the world is, you can create your… — Maegan Cook Copy Share Image
To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
“Sylvia Plath and I met a long time ago. A really long time ago. Was it a summer day? No! It was a wintry… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.” — Stephanie Lennox Copy Share Image
“If you really have talent, you know, you'll go on writing - whatever people say to you.” — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.” — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“A writer writes regardless... even though... notwithstanding... despite... at any rate... anyhow... nevertheless... in the face of... undeterred by... heedless of... and because. The… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness; we take… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
