People Quote by Judith Guest

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

— William S Burroughs

Most writers write to say something about other people - and it doesn't last. Good writers write to find out about themselves - and…

— Gloria Steinem

Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.

— Anneli Rufus

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger

Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Well, the secret to writing is writing. It's only a secret to people who don't want to hear it. Writing is how you be…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I think some people think that writers read and read and read, get the information, and then write. That's not how it works. Often,…

— Anthony Doerr

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins

On the whole, stories don't write themselves.

— Neil Gaiman

I suspect that every writer is secretly writing for someone.

— Brewster Ghiselin

I think fiction writers write what they do because no one else has written it and they want to read it.

— Alan Cheuse