Writer Quote by Michael McDowell

“I need a job and I want to be a paperback writer...”

— The Beatles

“My youthful dream of becoming a writer has been realized. I am so pleased I did not let my young self down.”

— Jack Gantos

“It's great being a part time writer. If you sell books you're a success. But if you don't sell any then all you have…

— Aaron T Knight

“Don't aspire to be a writer, because you are already a writer”

— Clara Wake

“The secret of being a successful writer is--write. Every writer deserves that chance.”

— Millicent Ashby

“Being a writer is a lot like being a mother, only books don't talk back when they get older.”

— Nandi Berry

“Anybody can write a book. But writing it well and making it sell - that's the hard part.”

— Jay Taylor

“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.”

— Don Roff

“It is always good – is it not? – when all that hard work of writing pages is turned into a solid book which…

— Ann Swinfen

“I don’t want to be one of those writers a publisher will publish just to make a buck. I want to be a writer…

— Steven Lloyd

“I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.”

— Michelle D. Kwasney

“I am a writer and I want to write.”

— Jane Bowles