Art Quote by Victor Hugo

Writers will be judged by what they write.

— Raymond Carver

We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of…

— C. S. Lewis

Writers, like most human beings, are adaptable creatures. They can learn to accept subordination without growing fond of it. No writer can forever stand…

— Rod Serling

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

A writer can be subjective, even digressive, or introspective and certainly judgmental. This is a simplification, of course, but as a general rule, it…

— Amitava Kumar

As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

— Ernest Hemingway

“Writers by nature are subversive, observant, and discerning, and their voice contains that.”

— Amy Tan

It ought to be the first endeavour of a writer to distinguish nature from custom; or that which is established because it is right,…

— Samuel Johnson

“We have our responsibilities as readers and even our importance. The standards we raise and the judgments we pass steal in the air and…

— Virginia Woolf

Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.

— N. Scott Momaday

“Writers are creatures of habit, as are humans, but writers aren’t necessarily human, are they?”

— Alyssa Hubbard

No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in which character is forged and revealed.

— Brad Stone