Academic Quote by William Golding

Young writers take themselves very seriously in college.

— Kyle Kinane

A lot of writers write for an audience that's going to understand them.

— Torrey Peters

And I think a good writer's gonna make it interesting. From the first paragraph it will all be interesting. Just work at it and…

— Kurt Loder

Anyone can write an academic piece directed at other academics. To write something that delivers an argument and a gripping storyline to someone's granny…

— Simon Schama

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience…

— Donna Tartt

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

“Literature could turn you into an asshole: he’d learned that teaching grad-school seminars. It could teach you to treat real people the way you…

— Chad Harbach

There is this thing called the university, and everybody goes there now. And there are these things called teachers who make students read this…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Writing is such a solitary occupation that it takes a long time to build up a group of professional peers with whom you genuinely…

— Sara Sheridan

I have thought for many years that the audience any creative writer imagines has a great effect on what gets written.

— Pattiann Rogers

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have…

— Richard K. Morgan

“Becoming a successful professional writer implies that one's own mind is entertaining enough to keep the work interesting. ”

— Robert Stump