In my experience, writers tend to be really good at the inside of their own heads and imaginary people, and a lot less good at the stuff going on outside, which means that quite often if you flirt wit...
She knew full well that writers were sex-crazed bohemians who broke the rules and didn't go out to work.
A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.
I suppose half the time Shakespeare just shoved down anything that came into his head.
Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
No matter what level of success, there is no such thing as a secure writer
Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere. While others who have something to say or who want to be effectual, lik...
People wrote me off but they did not realize that I was a writer.
Let me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel
A true writer does not seek wealth or fame does seek to find himself in each of his readers souls.
I keep six honest serving-men they taught me all I know their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who
This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back again.
The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing let alone the success or failure that book may have after it is written . . . the...
His (the writer's) standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention out of his experience should produce a truer account than anything factual can be.
It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence whether a man be behind it or no.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
I've put my genius into my life I've only put my talent into my works.
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family friends and society are the natural enemies of a writer. He must be alone uninterrupted and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.
She told herself. Also, she had made a promise to herself that she intended on keeping. She was never going to go out with another writer: no matter how charming, sensitive, inventive or fun they coul...
A written man is more porous and accessible than a live one.
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