Books Quote by Rebecca Solnit

I believe - I know (there are not many things I should care to dogmatize about, on the subject of writing) that writers need…

— Nadine Gordimer

“To become a writer a person must read constantly, the more varied the writers and their material then all the better. One must also…

— Andrew James Pritchard

Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections.

— Elizabeth Berg

Before writers are writers they are readers, living in books, through books, in the lives of others that are also the heads of others,…

— Rebecca Solnit

a basic “must” for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.

— Rod Serling

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

— Jules Renard 1890

Some people think that writers are innately solitary and that there's a kind of romance to that solitariness. I tend to think that what…

— Richard Ford

“What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. (...) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami

Being a writer is an endless study in human transition and lessons learned or forgotten or misapplied.

— Sloane Crosley

That is one thing I am sure of amid my many uncertainties regarding the literary vocation: deep inside, a writer feels that writing is…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“What are they like, writers, in your mind: it may seem strange, but initially it’s not about writing. A writer is someone who struggles…

— Christian Bobin

I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very lucky that…

— Denise Duhamel