Fellow man Quote by Joseph Conrad

A writer is a maker, not a man of action: his private life is of no concern to anybody but himself, his family and…

— W. H. Auden

A writer without a reader doesn't exist.

— Harlan Coben

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

— Francois Mauriac

A writer doesn't write about just anything. He writes about things he has an affinity for.

— Antonio Munoz Molina

“Part of the writer's problem may be thee wrong kind of appreciation: hen he does work he knows to be less than he's capable…

— John Gardner

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if he's any…

— Michael Cunningham

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect…

— Goldwin Smith

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

— John Steinbeck

The writer - more especially the novelist - who has not, at one moment or another, considered his publisher unworthy of him, has still…

— Storm Jameson

The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.

— Edna Ferber

When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly…

— Samuel Johnson