Different Quote by Leo Rosten

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

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

— Irwin Shaw

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is…

— Leo C Rosten

“Because a writer can't influence people, in the sense of making them think and feel and act as he does. He can only influence…

— Aldous Huxley

A great writer has a high respect for values. His essential function is to raise life to the dignity of thought, and this he…

— Andre Maurois

“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

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him

— Johann Georg Hamann

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula…

— Northrop Frye

A good writer refuses to be socialized. He insists on his own version of things, his own consciousness. And by doing so he draws…

— Bill Barich