My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
Larry NivenCountry people give me more than writers, and country places than towns.
Leonard Alfred George StrongI had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.
Maeve BinchyAs writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.
Michael CunninghamAny writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.
Marianne Moore