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
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
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche 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 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 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 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 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
C.J. is actually a good writer and speller. He writes better than I could at his age. Nick Smith More Nick Smith Quotes 0
Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. Norman Mailer More Norman Mailer Quotes 0
John was an incredibly important writer, both in his own right, and as a leading advocate for writers and artists with disabilities. It's a terrible, terrible loss. Oskar Eustis More Oskar Eustis Quotes 0
It's about a couple who wants to kiss and a writer who over 200 episodes doesn't let them. Patricio Wills More Patricio Wills 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 More P. G. Wodehouse Quotes 0
The writer dreams of being the sculptor of words and the painter of ideas. Paul Carvel Belgian Writer More Paul Carvel Quotes 0
Jim (Hindman) has given me carte blanche. This is the first time I'm really working on something with the writer. Paul Gurgol More Paul Gurgol Quotes 0
Dahl was a very shrewd cookie. He was an expedient writer who would use anything to make an impact in a book. He saw what worked; his books are full of effects and good scenes. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , there are fantastic scenes of demolishing this person, getting rid of that person - all very high-powered stuff. Peter Hunt More Peter Hunt Quotes 0
Edwards is a major figure in radio, TV and film, as a writer, producer and a director. He is also a painter and a sculptor. There is no one quite like him in his generation. Peter Lehman More Peter Lehman Quotes 0
Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that don't either don't have enough fortitude and they probably wouldn't succeed anyway, or they fall in love with the glamour of writing as opposed to the writing of writing. Peter McWilliams More Peter McWilliams Quotes 0
I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you -- it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists. Philip Roth More Philip Roth Quotes 0