Citizens Quote by Vijay Seshadri

I do think that just about whenever I am writing, or more accurately, whenever I have written, I feel better and more at peace…

— Rick Moody

I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work…

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

I'm a poet, first and foremost as a writer. That's who I am. That's what I'm most comfortable writing.

— Dante Basco

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

— Jose Saramago

I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world. There is…

— Markus Zusak

It is always better to write for the whole of society than for the poetry-reading public.

— Tony Harrison

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

— Kevin Powers

When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing…

— Margaret Atwood

I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.

— Tom Stoppard

The great thing about living until you get a bit older if you are a writer, and especially a poet, is that you have…

— Clive James

Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being…

— Vikram Seth

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs…

— Natalie Goldberg