Ancient Quote by John Steinbeck

“The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to…

— John Steinbeck

“When we as writers take our fears, beliefs, imaginations, and research and offer them up for the Lord to use, we are changed, and…

— Amy Wallace

I don't think writers change the past any more than other people do, except in so far as we may mine our lives and…

— Marge Piercy

“If human nature does alter it will be because individuals manage to look at themselves in a new way. Here and there people —…

— E.M. Forster

With any piece of writing, you're hoping that it will change something, and it seldom does.

— Ron Chernow

“The job of the writer is to change the way the reader sees the world.”

— after Richard Ford

Every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.

— Jorge Luis Borges

But nothing has replaced the writer. He or she is still stuck with the same old job of saying something that other people will…

— Anonymous

“Profound changes are imminent in the ancient craft of the beautiful.”

— Jason Lazarus

The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the surprising,…

— Alvin Toffler

Nothing, not love, not greed, not passion or hatred, is stronger than a writer's need to change another writer's copy.

— Arthur Evans

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