In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer.
Anne FortierLiterary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
Gaston BachelardI have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
Gertrude SteinThere're so many great writers out there who aren't getting the exposure they deserve.
Jonathan EvisonWriters rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.
Guillermo Cabrera InfanteBeing famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.
Peter CareyI have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.
Julia Louis-DreyfusThe shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.
John Mortimer