About Quote by Terry Pratchett

I've lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That's the most terrible thing about being an…

— Terry Pratchett

“When a writer is born into a family, the family is doomed.”

— Czelslaw Milosz

“Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's…

— Colette

“To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your soul. You…

— M.J. Rose

A novelist is a man who doesn't like his mother.

— Georges Simenon

“A dysfunctional family makes for great writing -”

— Angela Rose

“Next to motherhood, I personally believe that being an author is the best job in the world.”

— Geraldine Solon

“I will never be able to read my mothers favourite books without thinking of her - an when I pass them on or recommend…

— Will Schwalbe

“It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life. Read more at”

— Amy Tan

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“It also seems that the unhappy writers are the enduring writer. Hampered or limited by their suffering, literature becomes their focus and salvation, forcing…

— Cirilo F. Bautista

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

— Benjamin Disraeli