Book Quote by Ruskin Bond

Writers talk too much.

— Lillian Hellman

I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other. Casting your…

— Ruth Ozeki

The basic thing is to be humble, and pretend you're a bartender in the tavern of life. Don't get too comfortable and don't really…

— James McBride

I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all — what do they want, a crowd looking over their typewriters? Or…

— Anonymous

In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try not to…

— Ken Liu

You're all alone when you're a writer. Sometimes you just feel you need a humanity bath. Even a ride on the subway will do…

— Saul Bellow

You hear a lot of writers talk like writing is therapy or some kind of magic art, but it's a business.

— Robert Ben Garant

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer. Writers have no one to talk shop…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.

— Tony Gilroy

“Every time I hear writers talk about ‘the muse,’ I just want to bitch-slap them. It’s a job. Do your job.”

— Nora Roberts

Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.

— Laura Z. Hobson

Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going…

— Daniel Kehlmann