Controversy Quote by Jonathan Swift

Ignorance is bliss as a writer, I think.

— John Prine

It is hardly fair to accuse us of ignorance when it was made a crime under the former order of things to learn enough…

— George H. White

“Sometimes a writer is punished by misunderstanding from what he had written...”

— Navnath Godse

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one sees why…

— Wilfrid Sheed

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

— John Steinbeck

My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.

— Ilsa J. Bick

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Any writer who pretends to a disaffection for recognition, I think they're being duplicitous.

— Harlan Ellison

There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer…

— William Saroyan

There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!

— Philip Larkin