Poet Quote by Samuel McChord Crothers

“A writer is always writing for someone.”

— L.L. Barkat

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

The desire to write grows with writing.

— Desiderius Erasmus

“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

A writer always writes.

— Don Roff

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

— Jules Renard 1890

I think, for any writer, when you write, you just write.

— David Farr

To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more,…

— John Hersey

“If you consider yourself a writer just write.”

— Sara Gran

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line.

— Joseph Brodsky

“There are only two ways, really, to become a writer. One is to write. The other is to read.”

— Anna Quindlen