Quotes of: Writer Keyword

A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.

Leo Tolstoy

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.

Len Wein

Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game.

Margaret Atwood

I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.

Mariella Frostrup

The two contemporary writers whom I consider as role models are Janet Malcolm and Michael Lewis.

Malcolm Gladwell

The main impetus for being a writer is thinking, 'I could invent another world. I'm not terribly keen on this one.'

Mark Haddon

If you're trying to be a successful writer, and you go into a second-hand bookshop, it's the graveyard of people whose books haven't been wanted.

Mark Haddon

Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.

Miguel de Icaza

A good writer must be like the birds of a dark forest; you can’t see them, but you can hear their mysterious and wise voices!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

Monica Johnson

The life of a writer is directed by a mad impulsive muse, that can tell them to cancel all their storyline: a creative divergent devil.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those who overcame that fear.

M. Kirin

Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it but, if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.

Mads Mikkelsen

I think the only way you can become a writer is through honing your voice, creating your own voice.

Megan McCafferty

Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult.

Michael Morpurgo

An editor is someone who is paid to tell a writer what she thinks about how he wrote what he thinks about.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Writers Are Insane. For months we are lone wolves locked in our caves. Then overnight we become publicity hounds. It's a schizophrenic business.

Robert Mykle

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.

Ruth Ozeki

When I began visiting Bordeaux in 1979, only a handful of writers were there to taste the wines in the spring (and nearly all were British).

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.

Rudy Rucker

The best writers tend to look the roughest in photos. At least that's the excuse I use for why I look so bad in mine.

R.D. Ronald