Top Writer Quotes

I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost, while looking for his glasses, and that they were on top of his head.

I'm a struggling writer, I'm struggling to convince people I'm a writer.

Writer Definition

(n.) One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

(n.) One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.

(n.) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

Naturally, this country can't stand truth.

A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.

I was curious as to how my words started circulating at such an alarming rate. After all, every author waits to be discovered by someone. Anyone. And so I found myself smack bang in the middle of the...

The greatest adventure is to have no fear for the blaze that lies ahead.

And then, unbidden, seemingly out of nowhere, a thought or image arrives. Some will float into your head like goldfish, lovely, bright, orange, and weightless, and you follow them like a child at an a...

Have you noticed how prejudice still exists today? For instance, now they challenge famous people for their past achievements: People like Christopher Columbus and now even Vince Lombardi. Nothing sur...

At the end of the day I went to this place where your memories left footsteps on my skin and the breath of your touch stained my desire. Yea, it was one of those nights where I needed you the most.

Breaking through writer's block is like thinking out of the box: Both require an ability to imagine a world outside your four walls or rearranging them to get a better view.

Pretend you're not spending $3 to read one of my books but buying me a coffee and having a conversation about yourself.

Life is so beautiful and so short that anything that makes me feel less than too much is nothing at all.

Sometimes to self-discover you must self-destruct.

Advice for a long and happy life - never tell a writer you have fixed their work. Ever.

A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a metabolite of love, and good writing is an active metabolite of passion.

I am a complicated person with a simple life and I am the reason for everything that ever happened to me.

Start having more confidence in yourself, and others will do the same.

Perfectly written isn't human, exact replicas aren't flawless and thinking you have to achieve them all is futile. Seek to write and create what deeply moves you and only then will the words and work...

Negative experiences repeat as long as they remain useful to you.

Broken heart is flute.i blow into the flute & design walking portrait with empty pen