Writing Quote by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

“We writers are the worst kind of cruel, Because we worship our own stories and poems, And what human can compete with metaphors? Writers…

— Sherman Alexie

“Your pen must not only create words, it must carve a story into something touching human or beyond.”

— Nyhterides

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

— Sinclair Lewis

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Just let the words fly from your lips and your pen. Give them rhythm and depth and height and silliness. Give them filth and…

— Stephen Fry

“Writers are creatures of habit, as are humans, but writers aren’t necessarily human, are they?”

— Alyssa Hubbard

Writing is a marvelous adventure and very labor-intensive: those words run away and try to escape. They are very difficult to capture.

— Eduardo Galeano

“Writing can be a splendid headache. Fun when words spill forth like a raging river and a catastrophic, hair-pulling experience when they won't.”

— Adam Santo

“Writing was born as the maidservant of human consciousness, but is increasingly becoming its master.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“If the written word has contributed anything at all to our developing species and our half developed culture, it is this: Great writing has…

— John Steinbeck Journal of a Novel - The East of Eden Letters

A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of…

— John Steinbeck

“But if one wants to be primarily a writer, then, in our society, one is an animal that is tolerated but not encouraged --…

— George Orwell