Bourgeoisie Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Do you think I can read [Alain] Robbe-Grillet in an underdeveloped country? He does not feel himself maimed.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn't want to shake hands with him.

— Jacqueline Susann

“A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. Isaac Bashevis Singer”

— Emma Paul

I'm very drawn to Eastern Europe, so I like a Hungarian writer who wrote in French called Emil Cioran; he was always good for…

— Dylan Moran

“If being a writer doesn't make you humble, nothing else will." ~ Verge Le Noir”

— Verge LeNoir

The poetic prose that most interests me is that of Henri Michaux.

— Franz Wright

The writer is a spiritual anarchist, as in the depth of his soul every man is. He is discontented with everything and everybody. The…

— William Saroyan

Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks.…

— Peter Mayle

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.

— Paloma Faith

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." [ Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize…

— Susan Sontag

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

— Andrej Pejic