2372 Writer Quotes for You to Enjoy

I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, for heaven's sakes! Simon Mawer

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I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft. Siouxsie Sioux

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Henry Miller is a famous writer whose work has fallen out of fashion, but I strongly recommend that readers who don't know his work pick up a book and experience this writer's zealous, crazy, inventive, funny, sexy, often delirious prose. Siri Hustvedt

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Being a writer is an endless study in human transition and lessons learned or forgotten or misapplied. Sloane Crosley

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I've been in various roles in TV - writer, producer, associate director. Smriti Irani

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Mitski is an influence to me as a writer. Soccer Mommy

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When a writer tries to copy another writer, it's doomed to fail. Sophie Hannah

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I am truly obsessed with Lena Dunham. I find everything about her unique and refreshing. She is a brilliant, hilarious and honest writer who is not afraid to make her audience uncomfortable. Spencer Kayden

After 'Where the Wild Things Are,' I guess I felt more confident as a writer. Spike Jonze

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As a writer and former elected official, I believe in the power of words. Stacey Abrams

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I have been privileged to write across multiple facets of my life: to write romance novels, to write memoir, to write about leadership, and to write tax and social policy articles. The act of writing is integral to who I am. I'm a writer, a politician, a tax attorney, a civic leader, and an entrepreneur. I am proud of what I've accomplished. Stacey Abrams

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One of the things I love about doing television is that I don't feel like I'm just purely a writer. I like all of the opportunities television affords to kind of build a brand that can work across platforms, so I'm not just solely at my computer in my pajamas all day. Stephanie Savage

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When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general assignment to beats on St. Joe's and Temple, to backup writer, to NBA writer, to NBA columnist, to, ultimately, in 2003, to general sports columns. Stephen A. Smith

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My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook. Stephen Dobyns

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Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day. Stephen Fry

I can't separate the process of writing from the visual process. I'm speaking only for myself here, but I'm a highly visual writer. In my imagination, when I'm thinking of a scene, I think of every last detail of it: The space, the color palette, the blocking of the actors, the placement of the camera. Stephen Gaghan

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I grew up in the suburbs among highly educated people, in a house crammed with books. It was a culture rich in ideas, stimulation, entertainment, and mental activity, all helpful to the nurture of an imaginative child who wanted from an early age to be a writer. Stephen Hunter

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I'm a writer. I've been a journalist for my whole adult life. Stephen J. Dubner

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But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do. Stephen King

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But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. Stephen King

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