2,612 Quotes About Writers

Only in lament does the artist cry out, 'Birds build but not I build," and the lament points to how things out to be: art builds; it never stands pat; it destroys only evil. If art destroys good, mistaking it for evil, then that art is false, an error; it requires denunciation. This, I have claimed, is what true art is about-preservation of the world of gods and men.

If you can read & write then the opportunities are endless, if you just believe in yourself then anything is possible, you can become anyone and do anything, what’s more is, you can take others with you!

I am a weapon created by my people, a defiant shout against the looming hand of our own folly.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

A divine great spirit put awe-words on my mind; my sacred-duty is the writing.

She only turned onceand looked straightinto my eyesconfused, corrupted, captivatedI wasno more wise

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Perspective is the key to everything.

it'll makeyou thinkand touch your heart an escaped birdan innocent laugha poem is a piece of art