Painting Quote by Lori Ann Lesko

“Some people work for the money they can earn doing what they do. Others work because of a love of what they do. Writers…

— Daniel Kemp

An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, 'Here, come…

— John Glover

“Why does everyone want to be a writer? It is because every person wants to feel that they have something of value to say.”

— Margie B. Klein

“Writers write because they're writers.”

— Brian A. McBride

“Musicians have notes. Painters have paint. Writers have words.”

— Lisa Fantino

“Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our…

— Jyoti Arora

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in…

— Vikram Seth

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer. Writers have no one to talk shop…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

— Jules Renard 1890

“Being a writer is an important job because we bring emotion and imagination into a world filled with endless, inane chatter.”

— Jennifer Probst

“... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect. Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion,…

— Anonymous

“Painters have often taught writers how to see.”

— James Baldwin