Bully Quote by Toni Morrison

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.

— Robert A. Heinlein

The enemy of a writer is not controversy but obscurity.

— William P. Young

Bad writers are those who try to express their own feeble ideas in the language of good ones.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious." [ Ten rules for writing fiction , The Guardian, 20 February 2010 (with Diana Athill,…

— P. D. James

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.

— Don DeLillo

All writers behave badly. All people behave badly.

— Claire Tomalin

“When dealing with writers it breaks down like this: a regular writer is your average everyday megalomaniac. Like every artist, there's a part of…

— Hannah Strom-Martin

“African-American writers with an independent vision are often consigned to obscurity. The white critics can only tolerate one black writer at a time, usually…

— Ishmael Reed

“People have an idea of what writers are: crazy; intellectual; moody; slightly more interesting than other people. Sometimes you just have to throw a…

— Alistair Cross

“Interviewer ...In the case of "American Psycho" I felt there was something more than just this desire to inflict pain--or that Ellis was being…

— David Foster Wallace

Writers are the most terrible kleptomaniacs.

— Mark Millar

Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or some fascination…

— Russell Smith