Character Quote by Maureen Corrigan

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is.

— Irvine Welsh

Writers tend to consider distinction and originality as virtues, but they are anathema to publishers.

— Thomas M. Disch

“The Four Virtues--virtue, demeanor, speech, and work.”

— Lisa See

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

— Jules Renard 1890

“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.”

— WH Auden

“Writing is more than a craft; it is a way of life. Everything you see or do becomes part of what you write.”

— H.P. Oliver

“Work often gets in the way of more important things, like writing.”

— Paul West

“Writing enables a person to build a protective barrier shielding them from an adverse environment, scrutinize their circumstances, and discover how to employ new…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“A writer's life and work are not a gift to humankind; they are its necessity.”

— Toni Morrison

Writing itself is a bad enough trade, rightly held up to ridicule and contempt by the greater part of mankind, and especially by those…

— Hilaire Belloc

Many writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall