Inspirational Quote by Nadine Gordimer

I believe - I know (there are not many things I should care to dogmatize about, on the subject of writing) that writers need…

— Nadine Gordimer

That is how you get to be a writer, incidentally: you feel somehow marginal, somehow slightly off-balance all the time.

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in…

— Alessandra Torre

For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.

— Brad Listi

Writing is like building a bridge while you're on it. If you step forward you fall off and there's nothing in front of you.

— Jason Schwartzman

That's the advantage of being a writer: No matter what happens, as long as you survive it, it goes into the work.

— Alexandra Fuller

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

— Carlos Fuentes

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

— Thomas Mann

“Being a writer is like being in a relationship. If you're not 100% committed to your writing, you will fail to be the best…

— Patti Roberts

When one chooses to be a writer, psychologically there's a reason for that because you like the isolation and you like to be by…

— Woody Allen

Writers, like most human beings, are adaptable creatures. They can learn to accept subordination without growing fond of it. No writer can forever stand…

— Rod Serling

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

— Thomas Mann