Amount Quote by Margaret Atwood

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

— Margaret Atwood

You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.

— Paul Theroux

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must…

— Stanley Ellin

In order to be a writer, first you must become an alive dead spirit.

— William C. Brown

If you truly are going to be a writer, there must be somewhere within you the drive, the desire, to put pen to paper,…

— Kaye Dacus

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability…

— Stephen King

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

— Grace Paley

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised.

— Nikki Grimes

If you do everything in your power to avoid writing and still can't, then you must be a writer.

— Fannie Flagg

The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

— Rod McKuen