2360 Writer Quotes for You to Enjoy

It's fortunate that I am a writer, because that has helped me understand the properties of words. They are what have made life complex. In the battle for status in the animal kingdom, power and aggressiveness have been all-important. But among humans, once they acquired speech, all that changed. Tom Wolfe

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An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally. V. S. Naipaul

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A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. Vladimir Nabokov

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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. W. Somerset Maugham

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To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. Willa Cather

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I'm definitely a writer. I don't even know how to freestyle. The Notorious B.I.G.

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A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. Gertrude Stein

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I think I would have done very well as a writer in the Forties. I think the last time America was a great country was then or not long after. It was before Vietnam, before Watergate. Aaron Sorkin

I haven't had the occasion to meet Adele. She lives in England. So when I'm flying, or when she comes over here, perhaps we'll have a chance. I think she's a very fine singer, a very strong writer and performer. Aretha Franklin

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When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I had to take this acting class as a theater arts major. I had to do this scene in a one-act comedy. I just said this line, and then... this laugh happened. I thought, 'Whoa. This is a really good feeling. What have I been missing?' Carol Burnett

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In my work, as a writer, I only photograph, in words, what I see. Charles Bukowski

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I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer. David Mamet

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I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've had - I don't know what - the literary equivalent of a shower. Something that would start them thinking in a slightly different way, perhaps. That's what I think writers are for. Doris Lessing

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You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often said, the writer is at work even when he is simply looking out the window. F. Sionil Jose

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Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact. I mean, when I write something in the press, the day after in the fish market, people will be discussing it. Fatema Mernissi

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The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer. Friedrich Nietzsche

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Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. George Lucas

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There's a book called 'Where The Wild Things Are,' by American writer Maurice Sendak... it really is the most sublime book. It's a picture book, but it works at so many levels, and it's fantastic. Graeme Base

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The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties. Graham Greene

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