Extraordinary Quote by Salman Rushdie

Bad things don't happen to writers; it's all material.

— Garrison Keillor

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.

— Zadie Smith

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

What creates a writer is huge, psychological dysfunction.

— Kathy Lette

A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.

— Chuck Palahniuk

One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.

— JoAnn Ross

Most great writers suffer and have no idea how good they are. Most bad writers are very confident. Be willing to be a child…

— Mary Karr

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

— Junot Diaz

And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened.

— Jonathan Stroud

Don't be discouraged if you think you're not a great writer because terrible writers are successful in Hollywood

— David Seltzer