Apathy Quote by Samuel Johnson

He who would reproach an author for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite clear there. In the…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.

— Samuel Johnson

Preserving that privacy between a writer and the work is important. You have to shut out all those voices that have reacted to your…

— Susan Minot

A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A…

— Maurice Blanchot

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.

— Elmore Leonard

An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to…

— Nicolas Chamfort

As authors, we're all trying to fight against obscurity and outside distractions, but it's a tough battle.

— Ryan Holiday

The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow…

— Diane Johnson

There's something very self-conscious about a writer who's addressing his reader. Don't do that.

— Ewan McGregor

It's funny to think about the uncanny reflexively, as an author who is perhaps gradually becoming aware of my own hidden secrets. Accessing that…

— Karen Russell

“The Invisible Writer (Sonnet 2654) When I unveil a new book cover, you'd naturally assume that I know what I'm gonna write, but let…

— Abhijit Naskar

A writer is supposed to have anonymity.

— Joss Whedon