Writers Quote by John Dos Passos

“If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works, with all the misconceptions, the…

— John Dos Passos

If there is a special Hades for writers is would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.

— John Dos Passos

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

— Mo Yan

Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter.

— Jessamyn West

I think all writers are a bit crazy; Damaged souls, incapable of doing anything else.

— Paul Auster

Let's face it, writing is hell.

— William Styron

Writing just for the hell of it is heaven.

— Julia Cameron

Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.

— Salman Rushdie

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

I think that's what a lot of writers do, create a totally fantastical scenario that is a reflection of something else going on in…

— Matt Bellamy

Writers will be judged by what they write.

— Raymond Carver

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

— E. L. Doctorow