Achieve Quote by Willa Cather

“One of the greatest gifts we can give someone is our undivided attention--a thought that whispers constantly in the ear of any author who…

— Ella J. Fraser

The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion…

— John Steinbeck

“One must possess many gifts … which have not been acquired by one’s own effort. And, moreover … the artist must possess the courageous soul.”

— Kate Chopin

“A writer's life and work are not a gift to humankind; they are its necessity.”

— Toni Morrison

The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.

— Edwidge Danticat

“I recently heard a great writer say that an essential element in the life of a writer is to have been an outsider in…

— Elizabeth Lesser

“The most profound, life-altering gift you can offer the Indie writer you love is to TELL as MANY avid readers as you are able.”

— R.S. Guthrie

“...writing with ferocity is a gift, provided that ferocity is a monomaniacal devotion to pursuing the truth ...”

— John Geddes

“The greatest tribute one can give to a writer is that it is simply enough to read him.”

— Isaac Goldberg

“Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death-- fascinating, cruel,…

— Cara Swann

“It is the importance of this quality of generosity in fiction that requires a measure of childishness in the writer. People who have strong…

— John Gardner

“When all his other gifts could not prevail, he at last made a gift of himself, to testify his affection and engage theirs.”

— Henry Scougal