Bores Quote by Sinclair Lewis

Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

— Stephen King

Writers have superpowers.

— Cynthia Hand

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

You're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to read.

— Raymond Carver

There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer…

— William Saroyan

We writers are resilient souls.

— Lauren DeStefano

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than…

— Tryon Edwards

People should be cautious how they treat writers, lest their faults become immortalized for the world to see. - D.

— D Michael Hardy

Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.

— John Updike

Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem…

— James A. Baldwin

Writers are given the responsibility of sight. I think that the whole burden, responsibility and beauty of the gift forces us to construct our…

— Alexis De Veaux

Writing might be unalloyed joy, were it not for the fact that power is always shadowed by responsibility. Thankfully, the absolute power that writers…

— Brian Stableford