Fiction Quote by Stephen King

The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there…

— R. A. Lafferty

I have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here and there.

— John Gimlette

All good writers inspire me as I have never thought I was any good. As far as a writer who made me think I…

— Henry Rollins

When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels…

— Deborah Copaken Kogan

John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm most interested…

— Jonathan Dee

I am convinced that anyone can be a great writer . . . if he can only . . . tell the naked truth…

— Clive Barnes

A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or…

— Neil Gaiman

It's really hard to be a story writer - no matter how much acclaim you get - and not write a novel.

— David Means

There are, occasionally, writers who are able to combine both story and style. They are, of course, the best. You get a spectacular view…

— Stephen King

I have been active as a writer and journalist for nearly forty years. But the number of great reporters I have run across in…

— Shana Alexander

I'm not the most famous guy in the world; my work is spread out across different mediums, and I never write the same kind…

— Doug TenNapel

I've continued to write fiction since being in television. TV is a different kind of writing, but it's all writing. It was David Milch…

— Kem Nunn