Ask Quote by Peter Riegert

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.

— Jeff Bridges

I hear a lot of, 'I'm a writer because of you.' It's not a bad feeling, but it sneaks up on you. You don't…

— Frank Peretti

To ask a novelist to talk about his novels is like asking somebody to cook about their dancing.

— Jim Crace

In order for a long piece of work to engage a novelist over an extended period of time, it has to deal with questions…

— Donna Tartt

He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a…

— Charles Bukowski

Someday, as an exercise, you might ask a writer to give himself the questions he wants to answer. If you really want a writer's…

— John Fante

Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.

— Jess Walter

You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.

— Man Ray

Every writer should be able to write anything if you do the research and you're sensitive enough to ask the questions.

— Courtney A. Kemp

I don't really like questions about the writing process, because the truth is I don't know how I write.

— Elizabeth Berg

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself.

— Marilyn Manson

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

— Brian Aldiss