Quotes on “writers”

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

Damn you, spoilt creature; I shan’t make you love me any the more by giving myself away like this.

A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.

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

A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.

When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

...writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory in your every failure, write novels.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.

You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.

A novelist can’t be without a kimono and pen!(Shigure)

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.

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.

Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.

Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.