Accepted Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to…

— Nicolas Chamfort

A good writer refuses to be socialized. He insists on his own version of things, his own consciousness. And by doing so he draws…

— Bill Barich

“The Invisible Writer (Sonnet 2654) When I unveil a new book cover, you'd naturally assume that I know what I'm gonna write, but let…

— Abhijit Naskar

He who would reproach an author for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite clear there. In the…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A…

— Maurice Blanchot

Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him

— Johann Georg Hamann

A writer writes what other people only think.

— Sol Stein

It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible.

— Edith Pearlman

There are really so many subtleties of meaning and observation that very often are not expressed by writers.

— Joachim Frank

“The form in which thoughts occur to a writer is rarely the same as the form in which they can be absorbed by a…

— Steven Pinker

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository…

— Carol Shields