Dreams Quote by Tom Bissell

“This philistinism of interpretation is more rife in literature than in any other art. For decades now, literary critics have understood it to be…

— Susan Sontag

“He who would be a writer, fine, Must take a deal of pains, Must criticize his every line, And mix his ink with brains.”

— Platt Rogers Spencer

“Quite often, too, a writer who has for a time been believed to possess a great store of ordinarily profound ideas, and who is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“He made writing look easy and critics hate that. They like evidence of a struggle, of creative agony, wringing the masterpiece out of one’s…

— Jessica Zafra

Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks.…

— Peter Mayle

“But in those whom no necessity forces to turn Author, who merely write for fame, and have full leisure to polish their compositions, faults…

— Matthew Lewis

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

“When I hear a critic speaking of an author’s sincerity I know that either the critic or the author is a fool”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“A writer should be read, not seen, as they seldom are a joy to the eye. ”

— Katarina Anhava

“A writer lives, at least, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies…

— William Sansom

“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.”

— George Orwell

“..and then, there is a 'fan' for whom every writer is his favorite writer... he is just like that philanderer who woos every damsel…

— Himmilicious