Books Quote by William Zinsser

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

— Yann Martel

I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published.

— Greg Egan

There are writers, and there are readers who want something more. They want to get at the grist of life.

— Frank Peretti

“You abandon most readily those works that have no destination other than your own wishes; there is no editor or producer standing there waiting…

— William Saroyan

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel…

— Stephenie Meyer

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the…

— Claire Messud

Writers keep writing and publishers publishing - it never grows boring.

— Michael Dirda

I think some writers should wait for something to say.

— Peter Orner

Very few writers really know what they are doing until they have done it.

— Anne Lamott

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.

— John Jakes

A writer should have another lifetime to see if he's appreciated.

— Jorge Luis Borges