Reason Quote by JoAnn Ross

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.

— Zoë Heller

I think most writers can't really think about their work without a kind of revulsion. And I think that's probably why we keep going…

— Paul Auster

Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.

— W. Somerset Maugham

All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it.

— William Saroyan

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

— Yann Martel

Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.

— Alberto Moravia

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the…

— Claire Messud

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work…

— Richard Gere

Why does any novelist keep writing long after they've made money? Because they've failed to write the perfect novel.

— Ian Rankin

People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson