Arrogant Quote by Tim Cahill

I always was an early-morning or late-night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four…

— Joss Whedon

A lot of what you're seeing these characters go through is something that either is a story one of the actors told in the…

— Jay Ellis

“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he wrote simply…

— Andrew James Pritchard

I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.

— Vin Scully

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

— Anonymous

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many…

— Flannery O'Connor

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

— Salman Rushdie

“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many…

— Flannery O'Connor

“Everywhere I go, I am asked if I think university stifles writers. My opinion is that it doesn't stifle enough of them.”

— Flannery O'Connor

I had just been in some repressive situations - the black middle-class college scene and the crazy United States Air Force - and so…

— Amiri Baraka

I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.

— Jonathan Lethem

I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I wanted to be a writer and I ended up being a writer.

— Lady Colin Campbell

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

— Goh Chok Tong

My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.

— Mick Foley