Ability Quote by Mos Def

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have…

— Mos Def

As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something…

— Dinaw Mengestu

What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.

— Wilbur Smith

“Just like money, we take writing for granted. Everybody reads and writes. No big deal. Actually, though, only a few hundred of the six…

— Mark David Ledbetter

Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find…

— Sara Sheridan

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the…

— Claire Messud

A writer is a tool of the language rather than the other way around.

— Joseph Brodsky

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

— Ezra Pound

I had a teacher once who said, "If you are going to write fiction, you should only read poetry." I have always been interested…

— Sam Lipsyte

“I think the revolutionary role of a writer is to make language that makes coalition possible, language that makes us see things in a…

— Gloria Steinem Lynn Gilbert

Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.

— Diana Trilling

It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well.

— Giancarlo Esposito