People Quote by Katherine Dunn

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

— Mignon McLaughlin

Writing is such a powerful tool. I believe everyone should be writing.

— Firoozeh Dumas

On the whole, stories don't write themselves.

— Neil Gaiman

Anyone who can not write should.

— Harlan Ellison

I am of the firm opinion that no one should tell writers what to do, or what to write, or how to write.

— Hisham Matar

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

I think that writers are best served by sticking to their writing. Not having loads of theories about the best way to position the…

— Hilton Als

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

— Nora Roberts

Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.

— David Ogden Stiers

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the…

— Claire Messud