Awards Quote by Jodi Picoult

All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love -- and most of all, an audience!

— Edward Abbey

Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Every author these days is an award-winning novelist. Why? Because they set up an award contest and they dub themselves the winner.”

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.

— Margaret Atwood

I think that successful writers somehow capture truths that resonate with readers.

— Steven Gundry

Somehow, some way, incredibly enough, good writing ultimately gets recognized. If you're a really good writer and deserve that honored position, then by God,…

— Rod Serling

A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn't the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing's a script unless a good…

— William Monahan

To make anything successful, you need a good writer.

— Paresh Rawal

I have thought for many years that the audience any creative writer imagines has a great effect on what gets written.

— Pattiann Rogers

I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre.

— Joe R. Lansdale

Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications.

— Raymond Carver

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

— Michael Scott