Great writers Quote by LL Cool J

A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.

— Edward Albee

To some extent, all authors are a little schizophrenic. We lead most of our lives in solitary confinement, living and breathing the books that…

— Sophie Kinsella

I'm a schizophrenic writer.

— Lynn Nottage

“Writers are nothing more than borderline schizophrenics who are able to control the voices.”

— Jennifer Salaiz

All writers are obviously neurotic... For various reasons, writers retreat into an imaginary world because they find ordinary life rather difficult or boring or…

— Christopher Koch

All writers are egomaniacal, manic-depressive, drug-addicted alcoholics. You want to have that fix again.

— T.C. Boyle

I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique geniuses, and…

— Scott Lynch

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

— F Scott Fitzgerald

Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all…

— Joss Whedon

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just…

— Terry Pratchett

There are so many different types of writers. It's just sheer coincidence that they're all called writers.

— Renata Adler