Books Quote by William Collins

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that…

— Russell Banks

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.

— Kanye West

I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.

— Emma Healey

A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff…

— David Sedaris

That's the advantage of being a writer: No matter what happens, as long as you survive it, it goes into the work.

— Alexandra Fuller

...One reason I became a writer was that I figured out that if you call yourself a writer, you can read all you want…

— Katherine Paterson

I sometimes wonder if what I create as a writer will leave any sort of dent. There's really no way of knowing, so I…

— Kevin Sampsell

Part of being a writer is knowing when what you write is really bad.

— Reif Larsen

“Sometimes writing everyday is like pulling teeth, painful, but necessary.”

— Wendy Swore

Every writer has to find their own way into writing.

— Margaret Mahy

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

— Robertson Davies