Afraid Quote by Per Petterson

Sometimes with certain writing, you feel like you've got to be literal, hit it hard on the nose, just to get the point across.…

— Chace Crawford

The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can…

— Peter Gould

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All…

— John Connolly

I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty…

— Charles de Lint

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

— Ezra Pound

A lot of aspiring writers are all ready to write a novel, but they don't know how to write sentences.

— Tom Robbins

“Though they have things in common, good writing and talented writing are not the same. […] If you start with a confused, unclear, and…

— Samuel R. Delany

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

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

I'm not a writer. I know a lot of writers; I know a handful of really excellent, great ones, and I know what they're…

— David Small

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

— Thomas Berger

In the most basic way, writers are defined not by the stories they tell, or their politics, or their gender, or their race, but…

— Donald E. Westlake