I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write. Jeanette Winterson British Novelist More Jeanette Winterson Quotes 5
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. Vladimir Nabokov American Novelist More Vladimir Nabokov Quotes 4
The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. Andrew Vachss American Author More Andrew Vachss Quotes 3
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 3
Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. Edna Ferber American Novelist More Edna Ferber Quotes 2
I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. Gwendolyn Brooks American Poet More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes 2
I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer. Aaron Eckhart American Actor More Aaron Eckhart Quotes 1
The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art. Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian Novelist More Naguib Mahfouz Quotes 1
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 1
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. Lynn Abbey American Author More Lynn Abbey Quotes 1
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. Lynn Abbey American Author More Lynn Abbey Quotes 1
Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed. Hugh Leonard Irish Dramatist More Hugh Leonard Quotes 1
I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else. Sarah McLachlan Canadian Musician More Sarah McLachlan Quotes 1
I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it. Haruki Murakami Japanese Writer More Haruki Murakami Quotes 1
I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager. Sylvester Stallone American Actor More Sylvester Stallone Quotes 1
I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me. Ralph Steadman British Cartoonist More Ralph Steadman Quotes 0
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. Gertrude Stein American Author More Gertrude Stein Quotes 0
I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature. John Steinbeck American Author More John Steinbeck Quotes 0
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. John Steinbeck American Author More John Steinbeck Quotes 0
Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer. Mickey Spillane American Author More Mickey Spillane Quotes 0
The writer is the engineer of the human soul. Joseph Stalin Russian Leader More Joseph Stalin Quotes 0
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. John Steinbeck American Author More John Steinbeck Quotes 0
Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a cottage in the mountains, and in Vermont, USA, with my sister - who is a children's writer married to a poet. Anne Stevenson American Poet More Anne Stevenson Quotes 0