Essays Quote by Sloane Crosley

I have lots of fiction in the drawer, but the essays I mostly kick out into the world, ready or not. Fiction incubates differently,…

— Charles D'Ambrosio

Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.

— Dorothy Day

Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority.

— Emily Gould

You have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

— Doris Lessing

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a career.

— Rebecca Serle

You have to live a life to become a writer.

— Joel Surnow

You have to live in order to have something to write about - you get caught up in moviemaking and celebrities and money, and…

— John Patrick Shanley

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting…

— Kate DiCamillo

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes

You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.

— Paul Theroux