Painting Quote by Roman Payne

“If a writer writes something that he or she has never experienced, I think the reader can sense right away that it is garbage.…

— Roman Payne

The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is…

— Alfred Kazin

I'm not a writer that writes every day. I just kind of have ideas. I jot them down when I have them, and when…

— Dee Rees

“So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed…

— Annie Dillard

The writer trusts nothing she writes-it should be too reckless and alive for that, it should be beautiful and menacing and slightly out of…

— Joy Williams

Sometimes a writer writes scenes for people who just say 'Hi' to indicate they're in love. I play those scenes very well.

— Fred MacMurray

I'm a writer who never writes about sex. It's so far from my own fictional world.

— Zadie Smith

“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.”

— Christy Hall

I always say that I'm a writer who writes more from place than race.

— Katori Hall

I dreamed of being an actress when I was a little kid because you don't know then that the writer writes everything the actor…

— Tina Fey

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.

— Ambrose Bierce

When it comes to writing characters, whether men or women, I think a good writer writes good characters. I know many men who, for…

— Zoya Akhtar