Academic Quote by Pankaj Mishra

“But there is also the minority of gifted, wilful people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong…

— George Orwell

Writers are greatly respected. The intelligent public is wonderfully patient with them, continues to read them, and endures disappointment after disappointment, waiting to hear…

— Saul Bellow

Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.

— George Orwell

To call someone like me a writer-activist suggests that it's not the job of a writer to write about the society in which they…

— Arundhati Roy

Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or…

— Sara Sheridan

Writers tend to think they occupy a much more relevant place in society than we actually do. But we really are closer to buffoons…

— Valeria Luiselli

“Many writers are recognized for their PHD mentality--Poor, Hungry and Driven.”

— Trish Jackson

There is plenty of ambitious competition and hypocrisy in the middle class, which makes it a rather fertile environment for a writer.

— J. K. Rowling

Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.

— Max Weber

“Thankfully existing only in SMALL pockets within our discipline, is “intellectual” snobbery. It’s a hushed but ugly truth that people are made to feel…

— Sandra Sealy

I know writers, and they seem to be the most disgruntled part of the art world.

— Jonathan Pryce

Most writers are lazy intellectuals, and it's a goddamn shame because a writer with an audience has a moral responsibility to make readers think…

— Kevin Keck