Happenstance Quote by Nicholson Baker

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just…

— Terry Pratchett

I think writers are very anxious.

— Helen Garner

There is a tendency for writers to be most exciting by whatever they just wrote. Sometimes that excitement is warranted. Sometimes on further listen…

— Stone Gossard

You know how sometimes you meet writers that are so full of themselves? They feel really proud that they wrote something . But what…

— Sandra Cisneros

You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They…

— Cornelia Funke

Writing can be a bit like unfolding something...Slowly, the writer reveals what's happening. But that's only half of what's going on. Writers are very…

— Michael Rosen

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger

Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.

— John Banville

Letterwriting is the natural outlet of the "odds." The busy-bodies, the idle, the perverted, the cranks, the feel-it-my-duties ... Also the plain depraved. They…

— Josephine Tey

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher

Don't live with writers. Writers are bastards.

— Warren Ellis

Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all…

— Joss Whedon