Apologizing Quote by Leonora Carrington

I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book. They are only sorry they did not write it…

— Sam Horn

A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative.

— Patrick Ness

“Some people get offended with what I write. In their own little pathetic world, they truly believe I should apologize for being a writer.”

— Daniel Marques

It is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologize to one in private for what they have written…

— Oscar Wilde

Writers like to feel sorry for themselves, which is easy to do in private, but when called on to feel sorry for ourselves in…

— Jonathan Dee

There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer…

— William Saroyan

I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

I graduated from college December of 2017 and looking ahead and thinking about potentially starting a book, I just kept getting hung up before…

— Kyle Carpenter

The novelist loses, every time. Politics is insidious, the modern conduct of war (from shoulder-launched rockets to drone strikes) is insidious. Someone presses a…

— Teju Cole

I can certainly sympathize with writers who don't want to put themselves or their loved ones at risk.

— Adam Hochschild

“I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being…

— Ann Patchett

“I am a dash man and not a miler, and it is probable that I will never write a novel. So far the novels…

— J.D. Salinger