Down and Quote by Tobias Wolff

Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the…

— Tobias Wolff

I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to find those…

— Harlan Coben

If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't…

— Walter Mosley

When I am writing, I try to do it five hours a day but I spend about two of those just fooling around.

— Truman Capote

The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

— Chris Abani

I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to…

— Dorothy Allison

I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.

— Marisha Pessl

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss

When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something…

— Margaret Haddix

“The only thing you really need to be a writer is time. Regular, consistent time, quality time when you're not tired. I write on…

— Jonathan Maas

No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must…

— Stanley Ellin