Crime Quote by Mary Archer

Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion

— Dan Simmons

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

— Antonia Fraser

A lot of writers ... sit in a log cabin by the lake and put their feet up by the fire in the silence…

— Louis Auchincloss

Some writing programs are very much like, you come in, and you have a niche that becomes yours, and, you know, you're the dude…

— Jennifer Konner

Incarcerated individuals want what most people want in a novel: good, honest writing and a story well told.

— George Pelecanos

“prison for writing seditious articles, and made use of”

— Adrian Vickers

I definitely read a lot in school, and even more in prison.

— Benny the Butcher

There's this great Ron Carlson story, "A Note on the Type," and it's about this guy who keeps escaping from prison. He's really good…

— Pam Houston

Well I think after leaving prison, and having written three diaries about life in prison, it became a sort of a new challenge to…

— Jeffrey Archer

The secret to writing is just to write. Write every day. Never stop writing. Write on every surface you see; write on people on…

— Neil Gaiman

The only thing I remember writing in prison is a couple of poems for an inmate magazine they did once a year.

— Patricia McConnell

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

— Patricia T. O'Conner