Ambitious Quote by Joseph Addison

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.

— Larry Winget

Every author has different ways of writing and what works for one author does not necessarily work for another.

— Robert Munsch

“Moreover, people invariably take a greater interest in the suffering of others than in their well-being. Hence writers must constantly fight against the most…

— Minae Mizumura

“There is a difference between an author and a writer. The author never gives up when things go wrong, but the writer does.”

— Millicent Ashby

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

— Joseph Conrad

“Writing is hard. Not as hard as not writing. Not writing is torturous, bloody, chaotic and a gruesome winless battle. A writer who writes,…

— Jamie Weise

An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does…

— Randall Jarrell

The worst mistake anyone can make is to perceive anyone else as lesser. The deeper you look into other souls - and writing is…

— Andrew Solomon

“...a writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend…

— E. B. White

Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting;…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Twofold misjudgement. - The misfortune suffered by clear-minded and easily understood writers is that they are taken for shallow and thus little effort is…

— Friedrich Nietzsche