Culture Quote by Maxine Hong Kingston

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

— Tony Judt

I had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.

— Nathan Lowell

The only reason we write - well, the only reason why I write; maybe I shouldn't generalize - is so that I can find…

— Sandra Cisneros

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.

— John Hope Franklin

For years, I never really pondered how I came to be a writer from where I came from.

— Nick Tosches

I was born a writer. When that happens, you have no choice in the matter.

— Gore Vidal

From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things,…

— Donald Kagan

I think if you feel like you were born to write, then you probably were.

— Lena Dunham

I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into book format…

— Jackie French

It's not a very popular subject amongst my audience, who are by nature more internationalist, but I don't choose what to write about, I…

— Billy Bragg

I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal,…

— William Saroyan