Away Quote by John Hersey

To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for…

— John Hersey

Being a writer is an endless study in human transition and lessons learned or forgotten or misapplied.

— Sloane Crosley

To be a writer is to connect and to play and to attempt to see clearly and understand. It astounds me regularly that feeling…

— Deb Caletti

Being a writer, writing for a living, is one long persistence game. Everyone wants you to quit. Quite often, you want to quit. You…

— Kameron Hurley

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen)…

— Neil Gaiman

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

— Courtney A. Kemp

The function of a writer is to make sense of life. It is such a mystery, it changes all the time, like the light.

— Nadine Gordimer

That's the advantage of being a writer: No matter what happens, as long as you survive it, it goes into the work.

— Alexandra Fuller

You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough.

— Haruki Murakami

A writer is someone who writes!

— Pat Schneider

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks