Books Quote by Richard Rodriguez

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and…

— Julianna Baggott

When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say…

— Jillian Medoff

The idea is not enough. And the most annoying thing for me as a writer is that people will come up to me and…

— Irvine Welsh

Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me.

— Tim Roth

Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.

— Salman Rushdie

If you directly try to write about an idea, it will never be what you imagined. But if you're imagining through the building of…

— Dana Spiotta

I'm bothered, as a reader, when I feel the writer is filling in too much. Again, whether it's nonfiction or fiction, I think writers…

— Lynne Tillman

In fiction writing ideas have to be handled extremely carefully. You can't let your characters just be mouthpieces for your ideas. They have to…

— Alan Lightman

I do not think writers or anybody would sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn't get his ideas from other people…

— Robert M. Pirsig