Thinking Quote by Peter Orner

writers just kept on staring at nothing until they wrote something. Might be two minutes or two weeks.

— Martha Grimes

All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it.

— William Zinsser

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.

— Barry Mann

I think writers are very anxious.

— Helen Garner

The better the writers the less they will speak about what they have written themselves.

— Ernest Hemingway

“I suppose everyone gets written about sooner or later.”

— Alan Bennett

Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking.

— James Wolcott

Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up.

— Emma Donoghue

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

— Sinclair Lewis

But authors before they write should read.

— Fanny Burney

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

— Beverly Cleary

I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante