Writing Quote by Yann Martel

Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.

— Karrine Steffans

Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a…

— James A. Michener

I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.

— William Saroyan

Writers will be judged by what they write.

— Raymond Carver

A good writer sells out everybody he knows, sooner or later.

— Alice McDermott

One would think a writer would be happy here -- if a writer is every happy anywhere.

— Raymond Chandler

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

— Meg Wolitzer

One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.

— JoAnn Ross

The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there…

— R. A. Lafferty

Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.

— Zadie Smith

Writers who do great work must be coddled and encouraged.

— Ben Domenech

There is something to be said when you have great writers, and they write, and they write.

— Jamie Hector