Boldness Quote by Umberto Eco

“No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys the writing, even if he doesn’t get paid for it.”

— Irwin Shaw

If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that…

— Thomas Merton

“A writer is always writing for someone.”

— L.L. Barkat

A writer who isn't writing is asking for trouble.

— Walter Kirn

“I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being…

— Ann Patchett

In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of…

— Junot Diaz

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“Never hurt writers. They may forgive you, but their pen never does.”

— J. Alchem

There's a double standard between writers and readers. Readers can be unfaithful to writers anytime they like, but writers must never ever be unfaithful…

— Peter Schjeldahl

“A writer who does not write is a deplorable thing, like an emaciated dog lost from home.”

— Wesley D. Gray

I'm not a writer, and I don't want there to be any mistake about that.

— Kevin Spacey

As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.

— Patrick Modiano