Any Quote by Peter Gould

There's no reason that a writer, if they have some discipline and curiosities and passion, can't be vital for a long, long time.

— Peter Hedges

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

— Esther Forbes

Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.

— Zadie Smith

One has to live a life that creates a writer.

— Erno Paasilinna

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

— Amy Tan

But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with…

— A. E. van Vogt

The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.

— Julia Leigh

So, you know, I think any life has in it enough material, enough points of departure, to fuel a writer's career and that we…

— John Updike

“The ultimate goal of any writer is to explore the lightest and darkest aspects of being. If a writer accomplishes this task, the work…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

— Fannie Hurst

The ability to be present with every single person and engage was a great model for me of the work that a writer needs…

— Sandra Cisneros

And life is a good thing for a writer. It's where we get our raw material, for a start. We quite like to stop…

— Neil Gaiman