Cases Quote by James A. Baldwin

Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem…

— James A. Baldwin

Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

— Stephen King

A writer's definitive death is when no one reads his books anymore. That's the final death.

— Jose Saramago

The writer's life [is] full of frailty and defeat like any other life. What counts is the work. Yet the work can quite easily…

— Julian Barnes

Some writers achieve great popularity and then disappear forever. The bestseller lists of the past fifty years are, with a few lively exceptions, a…

— Carlos Fuentes

After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get out a new book by him…

— Robert Benchley

In a sense the world dies every time a writer dies, because, if he is any good, he has been a wet nurse to…

— E. B. White

A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.

— Honore de Balzac

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

— Samuel Johnson

There's no reason that a writer, if they have some discipline and curiosities and passion, can't be vital for a long, long time.

— Peter Hedges

I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.

— Gary Shteyngart

The man who comes to writing late, but is in essence a writer, may sometimes gain as much as he has lost: his experience…

— Wright Morris