Assumption Quote by Sara Sheridan

The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

— Sara Sheridan

“What are they like, writers, in your mind: it may seem strange, but initially it’s not about writing. A writer is someone who struggles…

— Christian Bobin

The writer works in a lonely way.

— Irwin Shaw

“And yet, for a writer of fiction, part of the heart remains that of a stranger, for what we are trying to do is…

— Margaret Laurence

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.

— Jerry Spinelli

The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity.

— Thane Rosenbaum

“A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he…

— Orhan Pamuk

A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. That means trying to understand, take in, connect with, what wickedness human…

— Susan Sontag

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

— Vicki Baum

I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little structure, people…

— Sara Sheridan

Maybe someone's who's a different kind of writer [would think otherwise] - someone who'd be just as comfortable writing essays on what their novels…

— Chang-Rae Lee

“One of the shining exceptions in personalities is that writers do not need to be charismatic in their own persons; they are free to…

— Criss Jami