Can do Quote by Sjon

I do pick up on contemporary issues.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

So many writers come to class with one question dominant in their mind, 'How do I make a living from this?' It's a fair…

— Celine Kiernan

“(on teaching writing) So many writers come to class with one question dominant in their mind, 'How do I make a living from this?'…

— Celine Kiernan

“Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable…

— Christina Westover

My entire life has been centered around my writing, and by that I mean finding the time to write.

— Jillian Medoff

I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me.

— Andre Previn

I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write…

— Suzanne Vega

Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away. As a…

— John Boyne

The reason I write is because I have questions. What I don't want is for people to forget that I'm a novelist and think…

— Sheila Heti

I realized that you have to deal with a lot of baggage when you write about your own era, that it's harder to separate…

— Christopher Castellani

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a…

— Tracy Chapman

“When students learn to wrestle with questions about purpose, audience, and genre, they develop a conceptual view of writing that has lifelong usefulness in…

— John C. Bean