Quotes of: American-writers Keyword

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

John Irving

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

Katherine Paterson

I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the best they can out of the text they're working with.

Michael Emerson

Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.

P. J. O'Rourke

There's a feminist writer, Naomi Wolfe, who is reconsidering her position on abortion.

Norma McCorvey

A Writer is Actor, Creator, Director & Producer Of HIS Life. Ask ME anything.

Nirav Sanchaniya

My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place.

Pierre Berton

As a former writer for the 'National Lampoon,' I've probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live.

P. J. O'Rourke

The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.

Paul Theroux

He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

Paul Theroux

Writers begin with a grain of sand, and then create a beach.

Robert Black

Writers start with a grain of sand, and then create a beach.

Robert Black

I'm a writer and a photographer - I'm totally aware that doesn't always translate to TV.

Ree Drummond

Valuing a writer only for their diversity, but not their humanity or talent – that’s tokenism.

Sunili Govinnage

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.

Salman Khan

The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.

Susan Sontag

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

Steve Toltz

Writers write these male stereotypes, and it makes it ten times more interesting if a woman says the lines.

Sigourney Weaver

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities.

Tom Allen

My father was a psychiatrist and a social worker but he was a very talented painter and musician and writer on the side.

Tunde Adebimpe

In addition to being a writer, I'm a librarian - professionally trained and everything.

Theresa Breslin