Quotes About Writer

The "Genuine 'real life,'" as Dostoevsky called it, is an obsession, a torment for the writer. With greater or less ability we fabricate fictions not so that the false will seem true but to tell the most unspeakable truth with absolute faithfulness through the fiction.

Para un escritor desaparecer es fácil porque nadie lee.

My policy at the time was that, when confronted by two courses of action, one should always choose the less conservative and more generous. I thought this was tantamount to a moral obligation for anyone who had any advantages at all, and especially for anyone who wanted to be a writer.

Moreover, my policy at the time was that, when confronted by two courses of action, one should always choose the less conservative and more generous. I thought this was tantamount to a moral obligation for anyone who had any advantages at all, and especially for anyone who wanted to be a writer.

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty.

An effective rule to not make fool of oneself with the deceptive, nice words of the people is to never support or share the thought that has got the picture of the writer or speaker on the poster with many supporters often seen hanging around him/her on the ground and especially when it bears an advice or the point of view that speaks with Yourself, Your and You.

We're always observing, and we're cautious people. We really want attention, but at the same time, we're ashamed of wanting attention. All those bizarre qualities of being outside are necessary for being a writer.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

Novelist and poet David Huddle is a quiet but fabulous writer, and he does adolescent longing better than anyone I know.

It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.

Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as a writer... in the Arab sense that the enemy of my enemy was my friend.

The best romance writers know there's nothing that builds conflict or makes a gentleman of a rogue more quickly than responsibility.

I was not always someone who wanted to get married or thought I would get married, so being a true writer, I was always navel-gazing: 'What are good marriages? What are bad marriages?'

'A Head Full of Ghosts' was my first full horror novel, and that felt like coming home as a writer.

If I'm asking people to give me two hours of their time, it's because I really feel like they need to listen to what the writer is talking about.

I think playing the glamour card is a disastrous error as a literary writer.

I think Le Carre is a great modernist writer, which is to say, in a godless world, he invokes deep, almost religious ideas of betrayal, trust, faith, and that's why we love it.

There are certainly better writers and directors than me, but I have worked very hard to earn credibility within the business as a quality writer and a good director.

If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not a good movie for me to make.

The Malayali audience, which appreciates a good story or experiment, is our strength. They don't ask who is the star of a new film, they ask who is the director and writer.

I think the writers of 'Community' have moved on from my character. I'm pretty sure. I would love to go back on. I had a really good time and I really liked that character, but I don't think it's going to happen.

I'm such a coward that unless I get a good writer, I don't want to make a picture.

I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.

My story is very long. And for somebody to write a good story, one needs a good writer, too.