Asking Quote by Robert Penn Warren

“Like most writers, I tend to find out what I feel on a subject by writing about it. It is how we interpret the…

— Robert Galbraith

“Where do you get your ideas?' people are always asking authors they admire, which I’ve always thought was another way of asking, 'How did…

— Suzanne Berne

I think writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what, whether it's good…

— Lisa Edelstein

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

All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it.

— William Saroyan

“Writers create impressions that inspire, stir emotions, evoke questions and sprinkle seeds of awe.”

— C. Toni Graham

“Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their own feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they weave.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary and volatile, and we often…

— Joanna Trollope

“WHy bother to write if it isn't disturbing, banal, beautiful, hardcore, cutting edge and savage, and melts a readers mind because they see something…

— Jane Brooke

“Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.”

— Grace Bridges

“these audible demonstrations that whether the feeling is vested in abstract systems or in personal relationships, the world of the novel’s story runs on…

— Sianne Ngai

“All of us are writers reading other people's writing, turning pages or clicking to the next screen with pleasure and admiration. All of us…

— Pamela Paul