Books Quote by Zachary Cole Smith

I tend to think of myself as a highly emotional writer. It's all coming out of the deepest feelings, out of dreams, out of…

— Jonathan Lethem

Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced…

— Johnny Vegas

I feel like I always learn when I'm writing, even when I'm not writing about myself. I'm careful not to judge; I try to…

— Sarah Gerard

I don't like to hurt people's feelings, and I don't like to knock other writers as a matter of principle.

— Lydia Davis

I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.

— Chloe Sevigny

The thing that has always baffled me about people's perception of my writing is the sense that I'm a very controversial, opinionated, polarizing person.…

— Chuck Klosterman

If I was gonna write a book that was true, and I was gonna write a book that was honest, then I was gonna…

— James Frey

I don't think of myself as a writer.

— James Patterson

For me, when I'm writing something really personal, I don't feel good about it. It's weird that people can connect to it and like…

— Sampha

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

— Iris Johansen

I always thought that I was a terrible writer. And I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing.…

— Marion Cotillard

I think that when you're writing fiction what you're doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and…

— Helen Fielding