Books Quote by Jay Asher

Beginning authors often get in their own way … They forget that they’ve been telling stories since they could talk. … The important thing…

— Cynthia Leitich Smith

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

I know I'm not a great writer. I'm an extremely gifted oral communicator, but when it comes to writing, I'm just a beginner.

— Marianne Williamson

I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business…

— Agatha Christie

I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.

— Gloria Steinem

I feel like one can have all of that as a writer; you're writing, you're reading, you're talking to interesting and intelligent people. Your…

— Sheila Heti

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

— E. L. Doctorow

...One reason I became a writer was that I figured out that if you call yourself a writer, you can read all you want…

— Katherine Paterson

I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.

— Michiko Kakutani

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing.

— Anonymous

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

— E. L. Doctorow

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

— Randy Alcorn