American writer Quote by Rex Stout

There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books…

— Rex Stout

A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living.

— James A. Michener

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.

— Irwin Shaw

Some major American publishing houses still seek work by foreign writers.

— Stephen Kinzer

Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative form, with…

— Katie Kitamura

I know very well that one cannot become an author by just writing a book.

— Navya Nair

I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony,…

— Eric Stoltz

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that…

— Russell Banks

There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add…

— Chinua Achebe

I like detective stories and spy novels, but I also like nonfiction, and of course cookbooks.

— Paul Wahlberg

If I had been brought up in America, I think I would still have had the same sort of job as a writer.

— Justin Cartwright

There is no way of being a creative writer in America without being a loser.

— Nelson Algren