writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers. Votes: 3
Charles BukowskiBeing a writer is great, and being a parent is great, and I hate Marching Band. Votes: 2
MaryJanice DavidsonI mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. Votes: 2
Al AlvarezI knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible. Votes: 2
Dani ShapiroI knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed. Votes: 2
Dan SimmonsBeing a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'. Votes: 0
Jhumpa LahiriBeing a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers. Votes: 0
Lev GrossmanThe great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself. Votes: 0
Martin Cruz SmithWhat's this business of being a writer. It's just putting one word after another. Votes: 0
Irving ThalbergIn addition to being a writer, I'm a librarian - professionally trained and everything. Votes: 0
Theresa BreslinAny writer who pretends to a disaffection for recognition, I think they're being duplicitous. Votes: 0
Harlan EllisonBeing a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. Votes: 0
Lawrence KasdanUpon being asked by a fan how to become a writer, Stephen King replied, "Write. Votes: 0
Stephen KingThe number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. Votes: 0
Stephen AmbroseThe tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer. Votes: 0
Nadine GordimerComing from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials. Votes: 0
Mordecai RichlerComing from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials. Votes: 0
MordecaiInspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours. Votes: 0
Zelda PopkinYou're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy. Votes: 0
Harlan EllisonThe downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life. Votes: 0
Donald MillerIntense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style. Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeFor me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society. Votes: 0
Wole SoyinkaPart of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures. Votes: 0
Jennifer CrusieTo be honest, I've never had an easy relationship with being a writer, though I persist. Votes: 0
Peter GizziThere's an obvious romance to being the drinking writer. But if I'm drinking, I'm not writing. Votes: 0
Liz BrixiusI'm good at being by myself. I guess if you're a writer you get used to that. Votes: 0
Chuck KlostermanWhat I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake. Votes: 0
Jenny OffillI've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there. Votes: 0
Kathy ReichsI have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer. Votes: 0
Will SelfDo I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen. Votes: 0
Marian KeyesMy primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine. Votes: 0
Walter KirnThe nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. Votes: 0
Humphrey CarpenterI've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something. Votes: 0
Ken KeseyBeing a good observer is a great tool to have as a writer, just taking the world in. Votes: 0
Lauren ConradMost of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer. Votes: 0
Tucker MaxBeing a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality. Votes: 0
John UpdikeIn the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on. Votes: 0
Richard EderThis is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said. Votes: 0
William SaroyanNow, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail. Votes: 0
Rudy RuckerBeing a good writer may result in your being nicer to more people, having a bigger positive impact. Votes: 0
Marty NemkoI knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed Votes: 0
Dan SimmonsI don't think of the characters as being good or bad because that doesn't help me as a writer. Votes: 0
Bryan CogmanBeing famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. Votes: 0
Peter CareyI got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding. Votes: 0
Harvey FiersteinIt implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money. Votes: 0
Robert HarrisTelling a writer to relax is like telling a man to relax while being prodded for a possible hernia. Votes: 0
William ZinsserI never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer. Votes: 0
Jon KrakauerI love being a writer in a medium where they have to ask you, 'Can I change this line?' Votes: 0
Bruce Joel RubinI think our material is our lives. That's part of being a modern writer, and we have to use it. Votes: 0
Anne RoipheI think as a writer, it's important to show the other part of being gay, not only the sex part. Votes: 0
Luis NegronIf there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer. Votes: 0
Isaac Asimov