Bones Quote by Stephen King

“I've always been able to say what I meant! It's a writer's job to carve with language, to hew close to the bone, so…

— Stephen King

Art can be close to the bone, but we are not our work. Try not to identify your core ego with your art.

— Kay WalkingStick

I like to portray things as close to the bone as possible.

— Aneurin Barnard

A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.

— Chuck Palahniuk

The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties…

— Anonymous

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“It is the writer's job to craft a story so compelling that strangers will pay to hear it.”

— Seeley James

I think the writer's job is to paint the gray because no life is clearly defined.

— Andre Dubus

The writer's job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.

— Kenzaburo Oe

I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've had -…

— Doris Lessing

The writer's job is to get naked...

— Harry Crews

“A writer's job is never finished.”

— Sai Marie Johnson