Complacency Quote by Paul Theroux

Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.

— Lorrie Moore

I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about…

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

— Robert E. Howard

I feel in some ways I've had a difficult life. And it makes me the kind of writer I am, in what I value,…

— Melissa Bank

I didn't want to write unless I could say, and think for myself. I looked to peers that I not only respected but those…

— Karen Walton

I started just naturally turning into a nicer person, and it actually helped broaden and lengthen my career.

— Kurt Fuller

I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal,…

— William Saroyan

I don't think I began to be a professional writer until I learned my weaknesses and what I couldn't do. This forced me to…

— Robert Cormier

I want to be respected as a writer and, like I said, I was really sick of people saying I was a two dimensional…

— Cakes da killa

I think having a great range of experiences in my life had helped me as a writer, particularly a writer of fiction. I have…

— Marge Piercy

I always thought of myself as a kind of literary bureaucrat. And that was never going to be enough for me.

— Michael Korda

I like to think I've grown as a writer and taken some risks, but I still consider myself to be a literary writer.

— Kim Edwards