Dead Quote by V. S. Naipaul

Without curiosity a writer is dead.

— Lynne Tillman

There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer…

— William Saroyan

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

— Wislawa Szymborska

A writer, by definition, is pathetic.

— Ethan Coen

All writing is an antisocial act, since the writer is a man who can speak freely only when alone; to be himself he must…

— Kenneth Tynan

I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and…

— Stephen Fry

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

— Walter Kirn

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply

— Samuel Johnson

No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.

— Zane Grey

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

— Salman Rushdie

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.

— Anonymous

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside

— Samuel Johnson