Meritocracy Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

One of my greatest pleasures in my writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position.…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“WHy bother to write if it isn't disturbing, banal, beautiful, hardcore, cutting edge and savage, and melts a readers mind because they see something…

— Jane Brooke

“A writer should be read, not seen, as they seldom are a joy to the eye. ”

— Katarina Anhava

“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.”

— Don Roff

“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.”

— WH Auden

“A writer writes knowing that nothing else will elicit the same kind of satisfaction and personal triumph as molding the written word into a…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

You know that sickening feeling of inadequacy and over-exposure you feel when you look upon your own empurpled prose? Relax into the awareness that…

— Will Self

“I'm purely a popular writer, with no axe to grind apart from writing a good read' for entertainment and relaxation.”

— Mary Howard

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende

“Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves.”

— Guy Kawasaki

The pleasures of writing correspond exactly to the pleasures of reading

— Vladimir Nabokov

“A writer must write from the heart, that is the only way that for readers to see the passion of our work.”

— Cornelius D. Jones