Quotes of: Writer Keyword

Women writers make for rewarding (and efficient) lovers. They are clever liars to fathers and husbands; yet they never hold their tongues too long, nor keep ardent typing fingers still.

Rooftop Soliloquy

On the Writing Process: "When in doubt, take it out.,

Resort to Murder: Thirteen More Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Writers

In order to be a writer, "Maugham continues: "one must take chances and not be afraid to look foolish. I wrote The Razor's Edge while wearing a paper hat….

Side Effects

Literature suffers because writers give their books to colleagues who will then write glowing reviews or saccharine introductions.

In Search of the Word: Selected Essays

He had stylized himself--life was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form.

The Ministry of Fear

The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic.

Nothing to Be Frightened Of

The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively.

N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups

The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. There was nothing I wanted to be.

Norwegian Wood

All writers pen sad stories to garner sympathy, writing is after all for the abandoned of the society: the ink-leech, spewing black blood and sucking innocent souls.

Life... Love... Kumbh...

If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line.

A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir

You know you are a writer when characters inside your brain keep demanding, 'This is my story! Now tell it or I will never leave you alone!

The Little Silkworm

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

The Love of the Last Tycoon

Humility is an essential quality in writers who want to write well.

Marlin, Darlin': Garnet Sullivan Live from Florida #1

I am no longer a writer. Just an emotion. An emotion that is unable to stay within its own body, and is therefore, trying to make its way into yours.

The Sky Is Purple

Avoid the RTP Syndrome. When you rush to Publish, you rush to mistakes and chaos. Guaranteed.

Snappy Sassy Salty: Wise Words for Authors and Writers

Even a best fountain-pen cannot make a writer be a fount of eloquence, but fountains teach to sob with ecstasy.

Through The Baltic Looking-Glass. Part 2

I think... the most brilliant thing about being a writer,is that if you don't like the way the world is, you can create your own.

A Plus B

When you write about what you dream, you become a writer. When you dream about what you write, you become haunted by a curse.

Poetry Eyes

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.

Time Regained

I should charge my bank money every time I endorse the back of a check. What is the going rate these days for the autograph of an aspiring writer?

This Book is Not FOR SALE

My cat’s favorite chew toy is a pen. I’d wager that he is a better writer than me.

This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks