Feels Quote by Lisa Unger

Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.

— Judy Blume

But writers experience the world and themselves in a unique way. We look for meaning. We see it even when we are not paying…

— Larry Brooks

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.

— Ted Dekker

Writers spend all their time preoccupied with just the things that their fellow men and women spend their time trying to avoid thinking about.…

— Harry Crews

I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.

— Ian Hunter

We live in a time when writers do not always have barriers around them

— Georges Simenon

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and…

— Julianna Baggott

Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we notice everything.…

— Dani Shapiro

We're always observing, and we're cautious people. We really want attention, but at the same time, we're ashamed of wanting attention. All those bizarre…

— Min Jin Lee

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. It's informed…

— Ted Dekker

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

— E. L. Doctorow

Everywhere I go, I find that writers are treated as if they are invisible, as if they don't matter.

— Harlan Ellison