Difficult Quote by Roxane Gay

The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story…

— Nick Earls

One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another…

— Anne Lamott

Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The…

— Ashwin Sanghi

My greatest strength as a writer is that I'm a storyteller. But, it was a long, hard struggle for me to make the transition…

— Debbie Macomber

I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get…

— Anne Lamott

I think many people have wonderful stories inside them and the talent to tell those stories. But the writing life, with its isolation and…

— Ellen Ullman

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes…

— Jacqueline Woodson

People who write for reward by way of recognition or monetary gain don't know what they're doing. They're in the category of those who…

— Harper Lee

If you're going to be a writer, you're going to write because you have to. It's not like other arts and not nearly as…

— Ian Sansom

The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that.…

— Vikram Seth

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we…

— John Green

If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write,…

— Octavia Butler