Books Quote by Jose Saramago

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

— Jose Saramago

I'm not a writer; I'm not a novelist.

— Ian Gillan

I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.

— A. S. Byatt

Maybe someone's who's a different kind of writer [would think otherwise] - someone who'd be just as comfortable writing essays on what their novels…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Without question, I've either got to be a writer, or I fail.

— Andrew Vachss

I'm a good essay writer, I know how to write. I was just good at it.

— Benny the Butcher

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

— Nicholas Sparks

I don't call myself a writer.

— Bruce Boxleitner

I am not a writer except when I write.

— Juan Carlos Onetti

I'm not a writer. I haven't written anything.

— Emma Stone

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.

— Zoey Deutch