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
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 2
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
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 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
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 feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it. Hugh Leonard Irish Dramatist More Hugh Leonard Quotes 0
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. Thomas Mann German Writer More Thomas Mann Quotes 0
I'm a writer first and a woman after. Katherine Mansfield New Zealander Author More Katherine Mansfield Quotes 0
Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings. Stevie Nicks American Musician More Stevie Nicks Quotes 0
I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer. Stevie Nicks American Musician More Stevie Nicks Quotes 0
There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters. Margaret Mahy New Zealander Author More Margaret Mahy Quotes 0
This is terrible, when a writer is bored by his own work, but it was a real bomb and had reached the point where I couldn't even stand to look at it any more. David Eddings American Author More David Eddings Quotes 0
Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed. P. G. Wodehouse English Writer More P. G. Wodehouse Quotes 0