Quotes of: American-writers Keyword

A writer's goal is to weave the ordinary into fine silk and the truly extraordinary into diaphanous clarity ...

C.J. Heck

The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist.

Charles R. Jackson

I am so happy that I married a comedy writer. He's never not without a joke. No matter where we are.

Christa Miller

Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films.

Claire Tomalin

Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance.

Claire Tomalin

I write because I am a writer, not because I want to get anything out of it.

H. Raven Rose

The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose.

Hudson Stuck

The greatest tribute one can give to a writer is that it is simply enough to read him.

Isaac Goldberg

Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.

Jami Attenberg

Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.

John Banville

Writers aren't born properly labeled so it is hard to know one when one appears.

Julianna Baggott

Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody understands the hours.

Julie Benz

The blank page, otherwise known as the vast playground of the writer's imagination.

J.L. Bond

There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.

John Connolly

I'm probably the least cerebral guy you're ever going to meet as a writer.

Donald Ray Pollock

i didn't call myself a writer until everyone else did. i knew it was real then.

Darnell Lamont Walker

I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.

Ellen Bass

I think my fascination is less with genre figures than with writers in general.

Eric Brown

Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up.

Emma Donoghue

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

E. M. Forster

Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.

Elizabeth Kostova