2372 Writer Quotes for You to Enjoy

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening. Naguib Mahfouz

Government Morning Writer Employee Evening

I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts consultant. Most of my books have been published by Warner Books, now known as Grand Central Books. Nalo Hopkinson

Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener. Nanci Griffith

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I've always been a very prolific writer. Nanci Griffith

Prolific Writer Always Been Very

The best advice I got as a writer was also the first advice, which came from the late fantasy author and editor Karl Edward Wagner: Any agent who charges to look at your work is a crook. Nancy A. Collins

I really wanted to be a writer. Nancy Meyers

Writer Wanted Really

Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them. Nancy Meyers

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In the case of Roadcase Royale, everyone in the band has a lot to offer as a writer and producer. Nancy Wilson

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Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed your book, and, as anyone who has taken part in a book group will know, half the fun is in ripping a book you haven't liked to shreds. Naomi Alderman

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An actor can never voice his opinion through films. All an actor does is convey what the director and writer want to say. You are a mouthpiece of their ideas. Your ideas reflect only in your choice of movies. Naseeruddin Shah

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw. Natalie Babbitt

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A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world. Natalie Goldberg

World Vision Job Give Writer Reader Larger

As far as the adjectives that I lead with, I think a writer and a comedienne are first. I have never qualified my experience or gender or my race, although I know that's a huge component on how that is used. But I think in order for me to do my job effectively, I have to really be the best at what it is I'm doing. Natasha Rothwell

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I think once I began to trust myself as a writer, I began to be seen as a writer. Natasha Rothwell

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As a writer, I use improv to write. Exploring characters and stories through improv and sitting at the computer and thinking about what this character would say or do helps me creatively. Natasha Rothwell

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You spend so much time as a writer telling straight and linear stories. Nathan Englander

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I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it. Nathaniel Philbrick

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I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I wasn't especially good at anything, and I didn't have a lot of experiences. I was just a young woman without a good job. Natsuo Kirino

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