Bad behavior Quote by Martin Amis

I think that we, as writers, get excited by risk. When we are feeling comfortable and familiar, I wouldn't say that we get bored,…

— Damon Lindelof

“stupidity can be as bad as malice”

— Lois McMaster Bujold

The stupid thief wears the sheep bell around his neck! Such stupidity of the bad is always good for the society!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“My state’s constitution seems to contain a provision requiring that once every two years we must pass a bill which dazzles the entire country…

— Andrew Heaton

I think all writers have a bit of genius in them, and a bit of talent. Genius retreats but talent improves.

— Martin Amis

It's something that's difficult to explain but I think all writers work this way to some extent, whether we're aware of it or not.…

— Mary J. Miller

I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.

— Sherwood Schwartz

I think some writers should wait for something to say.

— Peter Orner

I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.

— Elmore Leonard

I think writers are the most narcissistic people. Well, I musn't say this, I like many of them, a great many of my friends…

— Sylvia Plath

“You're lucky to have within your grasp something that everyone envies. You can't act as though that didn't exist, as though it wasn't part…

— Delphine de Vigan

We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion…

— Dorianne Laux