Writer Quotes
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second.
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The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
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I think I personally, as a writer, read differently knowing how tough it is to write, knowing how challenging it is to articulate it, to express clearly and economically and with focus and with purpose.
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I'm a very conceptual writer.
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The real writer is one who really writes.
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I never did write a biography, and I don't exactly know how to set about it; you see I have to be accurate and keep to the facts, a most difficult thing for a writer of fiction.
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I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.
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I think I'm a good joke writer. I'm also very scared that the last joke I wrote is the last joke I'll ever write.
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Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.
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I haven't given any thought to collaborating with my sisters. It would be great fun. My daughter Molly is a wonderful writer - someday I'd love to collaborate with her.
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Cult writer. It's a weird term because it's complimentary but condescending at the same time.
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I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses.
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My family didn't like me going on the stage, and they didn't much like my being a writer, either.
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A good writer can simulate a page torn out of somebody's diary, and give you every little voyeuristic thrill you might get from that, but actually tell you a broader story. I think it's a noble idea that it's cathartic to open a vein for everybody to see, but ultimately, you're just getting blood everywhere and making a mess. I like the idea that there are deeper and more meaningful things to talk about than your own misery. But at the same time, there's something really interesting about skirting that line and making it seem like you're doing that.
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As a writer I'm merely a journalist who has learned to write better than others.
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Tennessee Williams is an incredible writer for women because, in many ways, his women characters are him. He writes so passionately.
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It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.
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At the best and even unexpurgated, diaries give a distorted or one-sided portrait of the writer.
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A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.
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If you love a young writer, maybe the best thing you can do is give them a little bit of space.
