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I'm not afraid, as a writer, of being emotional. I'm obsessed with human emotion, body parts, physicality. — Ellie Goulding

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. — Stephen Ambrose

A writer illuminates the lights of her heart so that everyone can see themselves in the mirror of her thoughts. — Debasish Mridha

Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility. — Orhan Pamuk

How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions. — Cass Elliot

Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun! — Joss Whedon

Being a writer is a gift, being an author is amazing, becoming a best seller is everyone's dream — LaQuita Cameron

Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer. — Tom Barbash

The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing. — Pico Iyer

I am a gay writer, but I am also a Scottish writer and some days a lazy writer, or a funny writer. Being gay is just a part of who I am. — Damian Barr

Being a writer of fiction isn't like being a compulsive liar, honestly. — Neil Gaiman

Being the only writer on a successful show is very rewarding. — Steven Moffat

I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my own personality. — Jenny Offill

Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen. — Marian Keyes

The secret of being a successful writer is
write. Every writer deserves that chance. — Millicent Ashby

There's a powerful magic about being a writer that I still marvel at. — Sidney Lumet

As a youngster, I think I said I wanted to be a journalist, but that's a disguise for being a writer. — Romesh Gunesekera

I always wanted to be a writer, from being a little kid onwards. My dad and my mum both had phases when that was what they did. — Kristin Gore

There is no one like you on this planet. Not everyone may have the gift of being a good writer, but each one of us has a story to tell. — K.J. Kilton

I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful. — Kesha

I hate being a writer. i tend to stick my emotions in things that cannot reciprocate. I've become a whore for my craft. — Darnell Lamont Walker

I'm good at being by myself. I guess if you're a writer you get used to that. — Chuck Klosterman

It's fun being paid to read stuff and air your opinion about it - pretty much a dream job for a writer. — Patrick Ness

For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer. — Jean Stafford

Part of being a writer is knowing when what you write is really bad. — Reif Larsen

The wonderful thing about being a writer is that everything that happens is grist to the mill. — Jane Green

Sometimes constraints actually create success. Not being able to swim made me run. And running taught me the discipline I needed as a writer. — Malcolm Gladwell

The Best Thing I love about being a writer and a poet is, I can make up my own words to fit my imagination. — Ocean Crisstopher Poet

Part of being a fiction writer is being able to imagine how someone else is thinking and feeling. I think I've always been good at that. — Andrew Clements

To make your life being a writer, it's an auto-slavery ... you are both the slave and the task-master. — Susan Sontag

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire. — Frank Darabont

As a writer one has to take the chance on being a fool. — Anne Sexton

Only a person with the true heart of a dictionary-writer would be lying in bed, three days after being stabbed in the gut, worrying about his P's. — Kristin Cashore

If I'm here, I'll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved. — Maya Angelou

Make no mistake about it, Clot: I'm a real writer. I don't have the least intention of being happy, naturally. — Rafael Reig

I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published. — Lynn Abbey

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer. — Taylor Caldwell

I suppose my Iranian identity is one of the driving forces for being a writer: I want to set the record straight about who I really am. — Said Sayrafiezadeh

I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him. — Bret Easton Ellis

Sleeplessness and being a writer seem to go together hand in hand. — Jason E. Hodges

Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit. — Patti Smith

I learned so much by being an actor, and part of my sort-of development as a writer is big thanks to the scripts I read in my acting life. — Joel Edgerton

Being a writer involves writing. You've got to commit to sitting down and writing instead of Xbox or Netflix. — Brian Keene

I don't know if I had ever found my place in the world until I fully committed to being a writer. — Jami Attenberg

I've always said the hardest aspect of the job of being a writer is writing. — Bob Mayer

The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away. — Kaui Hart Hemmings

When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer. — Carla H. Krueger

Being a writer requires an intoxication with language. — Jim Harrison

Upon being asked by a fan how to become a writer, Stephen King replied, Write. — Stephen King

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. — Peter De Vries

I think as a writer, it's important to show the other part of being gay, not only the sex part. — Luis Negron

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

My job as a human being as well as a writer is to feel as thoroughly as possible the experience that I am part of, and then press it a little further. — Jane Hirshfield

Getting away from being 'a good girl' is important because it's impossible to be a 'good girl' and a writer at the same time. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz

I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it at home. — Amy Bloom

I've always felt that the cool thing about being a writer is that all you need is paper to do the job. — Dwayne McDuffie

Hanging out in coffee shops and talking about one day being a writer or an activist or an entrepreneur is just about the worst thing you can do. — Jeff Goins

Being a writer means crying over the sad parts, even though you already know it's going to be okay. — Clare B. Dunkle

The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs: you're their friend. — Eileen Myles

Tell him I think writing is lousy," Bill said. "Go on, tell him. Tell him I'm ashamed of being a writer. — Ernest Hemingway,

I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer. — Will Self

As a reader myself, which precedes my being a writer, of course, I read in order to enter another world. — Lynne Tillman

You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy. — Harlan Ellison

I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger. — Cynthia Rylant

I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something. — Ken Kesey

I love being a writer in a medium where they have to ask you, 'Can I change this line?' — Bruce Joel Rubin

Being a writer brings out a sassy woman inside me, and I love her so. — Anna Bayes

That's why I love being a writer. My imagination can take me places I may never see except in my mind's eye. — Pearl Cleage

Had she been hanging on to her dream of being a writer, but only barely hanging on, and something made her let go? — Sherman Alexie

A good writer can fake being an expert in anything - even men's underwear. — Greg Dybec

People like dialogue. Being a part of it or reading it. Me personally, I'd rather write it. — Andrea L'Artiste

The most fun thing about being a writer is that everything is interesting. — Rafael Yglesias

There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position to write about it. — Carla H. Krueger

Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. — Lawrence Kasdan

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be? — Anne Lamott

Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. — Norman Mailer

I'm better at being a lawyer than I am at being a writer. — David Shapiro

I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. — Anne Lamott

Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce. — Fennel Hudson

If you can come up with a snappy little slogan, then you have a future in winning tagline competitions or being a political speech writer. — Mark Victor Hansen

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor. — Matthew Vaughn

Having children changes you forever, as a writer and as a human being. I hope it's for the better on both counts, but I guess we'll see. — Brian K. Vaughan

You may be able to take a break from writing, but you won't be able to take a break from being a writer. — Stephen Leigh

I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others. — Katori Hall

Being a writer is like being pregnant - you either are or you aren't. — L.E. Truscott

Being a writer is 10% inspiration, 80% dedication and 10% going to the post office. — Jay Royston

An essential element of being a writer is learning whom to listen to and whom to ignore where your work is concerned. Every — Ann Patchett

Being a great writer is not the same as writing great. — John Updike

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is. — Mohsin Hamid

Any writer who pretends to a disaffection for recognition, I think they're being duplicitous. — Harlan Ellison

A writer always begins by being too complicated - he's playing at several games at once. — Jorge Luis Borges

The problem with being a writer is that some readers tend to think that anything that comes out of a character's mouth is you talking. — Mark Billingham

The thing about being a screenwriter, scriptwriter, scenarist, You get to have multiple personalities and not be charged. — Andrea L'Artiste

A writer can never know ultimate success, for his true success comes through still being read centuries after his death. — Anthony North

What's the use of being a writer if you can't irritate a great many people? — Norman Mailer

Being a good writer doesn't make you a good reporter, it takes hustle. — David

When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director. — J. C. Chandor

I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed. — Dan Simmons

The hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your wife that lying on the sofa is work. — John Hughes

Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered. — Anthony Minghella