Quotes of: Good-writer Keyword

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

Emma Donoghue

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

Elizabeth Kostova

I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general.

Bob Kane

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying itself." (Interview, , September 14, 1958)

Bernard Malamud

I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave.

Brad Thor

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

Brad Thor

The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.

Barbara Walters

Think of this- that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.

A.S. Byatt

Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.

Crystal Bowersox

Miranda Writes: Anything you say or do may be used within a story of a writer.

G.K. Griswold

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.

George R.R. Martin

My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite.

Graham Swift

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Harlan Coben

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

Howard Gordon

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

Hill Harper

If I can't be remembered as one of the greatest authors, why not be remembered as the sexiest writer...

Hans Lindor

I became a writer so that the voices inside my head would become an acceptable occurrence.

Janae Mitchell

What I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake.

Jenny Offill

Most people who are writers go through periods when they can't write.

Joyce Carol Oates

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.

J. B. Priestley