Books Quote by Sandra Cisneros

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

— E. L. Doctorow

I think many writers write because it's a convenient way to explain themselves to themselves. We take the chaos and the turmoil and the…

— Armistead Maupin

“If you want to write, you can. Fear stops most people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is. Who am I? What…

— Richard Rhodes

What's so exciting and terrifying about the writing process is that it really is an act of exploration and discovery. With all of us,…

— Andre Dubus

The most important thing for aspiring writers is for them to give themselves permission to be brave on the page, to write in the…

— Cheryl Strayed

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger

The reason people get afraid of writing real, honest journalism and fiction, and the reason corrupted people and demagogues are afraid of journalism and…

— Nathan Englander

“Writers live with fear. Some writers cannot deal with the fear, and so they quit or refuse to publish. In order to write, you…

— Patrick Mcmanus

I think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it. I wrote…

— Julia Cameron

Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that aren't books yet. They agonize over how to write…

— Deb Caletti

writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're…

— Fannie Hurst

I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business…

— Agatha Christie