Beyond control Quote by John Jakes

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

A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.

— James A. Baldwin

The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

— Alan Dean Foster

Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

— Carlos Fuentes

The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.

— Daniel Alarcon

I avoided writers very carefully because they can perpetuate trouble as no one else can.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on.

— Katherine Dunn

Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Being a good writer may result in your being nicer to more people, having a bigger positive impact.

— Marty Nemko

A writer will do anything to avoid the act of writing.

— William Zinsser

Anyone who can not write should.

— Harlan Ellison