Being Quote by Tift Merritt

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

— David Brin

Writers are entirely egocentric. To them, few things in their lives have meaning or importance unless they give promise of serving some creative purpose.

— Doris Grumbach

If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.

— James Purdy

Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be…

— David Karp

Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.

— George Orwell

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

— Mohsin Hamid

I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of seeing the big picture.

— John Oates

“One of the shining exceptions in personalities is that writers do not need to be charismatic in their own persons; they are free to…

— Criss Jami

Like, your body has to get used to being in front of people. Like - and you have to be like - you have…

— Neal Brennan

I think in a lot of ways, writing, when you're really in there, is like being an actress because you're in somebody else's head.

— Tama Janowitz

My feeling is that I think writers in general tend to be self-conscious and it takes a bit of a leap of faith or…

— Conor Oberst

The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and…

— Janet Frame