2,612 Quotes About Writers

Writer's block' is just a fancy way of saying 'I don't feel like doing any work today.

She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.

I write to believe in goodness.

Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable of.

Woman, especially her sexuality, provides the object of endless commentary , description, supposition. But the result of all the telling only deepens the enigma and makes woman's erotic force something that male storytelling can never quite explain or contain.

The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.

If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.

The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.

A writer’s promise is like a tiger’s smile