Being Quote by Mitski

Every writer is an outsider.

— Andrew Sean Greer

I often felt myself to be an outsider, which is great training for all writers.

— Karen Russell

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.

— Colin Wilson

I've always been interested in writing from the perspective of an outsider.

— Isaac Marion

Writers tend to feel like outsiders.

— Jesse Armstrong

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as…

— Monica Ali

I think it's true that, as is often observed, the writer is always an outsider. A writer is someone who is telling stories about…

— Elif Batuman

I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I prefer to…

— Charles de Lint

I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing…

— Hallie Ephron

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

— John Irving

I've often felt like an outsider, not necessarily because I'm Korean, an immigrant, or female. I think writers are odd people.

— Min Jin Lee

Most writers begin with accounts of their first home, their family, and the town, often from quite a hostile point of view-love/hate, let's say.…

— John Updike