Bats Quote by Mary Karr

Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.

— Edmund White

There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out there.

— Colson Whitehead

Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.

— W. Somerset Maugham

I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty…

— Charles de Lint

I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers.

— Stephen King

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

— Iris Johansen

Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.

— Zadie Smith

Don't be discouraged if you think you're not a great writer because terrible writers are successful in Hollywood

— David Seltzer

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

— Anne Enright

The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there…

— R. A. Lafferty

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes

Only bad writers think they're good.

— Harlan Coben