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And you must not worry about me. You must follow your dreams. You have your life ahead of you. I am just a wanderer passing by. — Avijeet Das

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly. — Julian Barnes

The so-called feminist writers were disgusted with me. I did my thing, and so I guess by feminist standards I'm a feminist. That suits me fine. — Chrissie Hynde

Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books. — Francine Prose

Like most science-fiction writers, Trout knew almost nothing about science, was bored stiff by technical details. — Kurt Vonnegut

I took the route favoured by all worldly failures and became a spiritual success. — Howard Jacobson

Hollywood shines by virtue of light within. — A.D. Posey

Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things. — John Connolly

Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background. — Van Wyck Brooks

The dead will not die completely till the day they are remembered by no one! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers. — Barry Eisler

It is a language which is being molded by writers to do delicate things and yet be in the grasp of superficially educated people. — Raymond Chandler

I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world. — Iris Johansen

Little by little, writers develop their own styles, each as unique as a fingerprint. — Stephen King

I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American writers. — Lisa Scottoline

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. — Vernor Vinge

as is done by the newest historians, we shall have the history of monarchs and writers, but not the history of the life of the peoples. — Leo Tolstoy

The divine thoughts comes from God, we are only vessel for its transmission. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers. — Sean Bean

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels. — Lee Child

No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman's voice. — Roman Payne

You can't undo the past, but you can remedy it by creating a better future. — A.D. Posey

Who thought up the dumb idea to arrange the memoir section in the bookstore by subject? — Slash Coleman

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave. — Kristin Scott Thomas

Like most writers, I tend to find out what I feel on a subject by writing about it. It is how we interpret the world, how we make sense of it. — Robert Galbraith

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last. — Ralph Keyes

The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers. — Chris O'Dowd

Psychopaths are odd and rare and unique by themself... if they were writers, I bet in one that they will be the best... — Deyth Banger

Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion. — Red Haircrow

Writers cheat death by constructing an immortality vessel. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic. — Terry Gilliam

Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living. — Janette Rallison

I think that money is devoted to serious journalism, with analysis, interestingly presented, by good writers can still sell newspapers. — Phillip Knightley

A man does not become a real man by showing his physical domination over women. A man becomes a real man by loving, respecting and protecting women. — Avijeet Das

Just as all writers were beginners once, so were all novels. They all went through rough stages, even the ones by our most hallowed masters. — Roz Morris

Is it not a pity when some stylistic subtlety is lost without trace by the reader's inattention? — David Richards

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. — John Mortimer

A powerful flight of the imagination ... an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence. — Roger Zelazny

They always tell you to do what you love. But they forget to add that writing doesn't pay by the hour. — Joyce Rachelle

There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly. — Jonathan Ames

I am intrigued by writers who garden and gardeners who write. The pen and the trowel are not interchangeable, but seem often linked. — Marta McDowell

You shouldn't write about your personal life', says the one feeling threatened by the truth to the writer. — Robin Sacredfire

You can tell the number of hours spent on a work by counting the number of coffee rings on your desk. — A.D. Posey

I have only one bit of advice to beginning writers: be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein. — James A. Michener

Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur. — Logan Pearsall Smith

The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves. — Lauren Groff

Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine. — Chriscinthia Blount

All writers must go from now to once upon a time; all must take care not to be captured and held immobile by the past. — Margaret Atwood

The best of my essence is shown to those who value my energy and appreciate my love, some would call it selfish, I call it selective. — Nikki Rowe

Accuracy first," I used to tell the writers. "We must never lie by accident, or through slovenliness, only deliberately! — Sefton Delmer

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians. — St. Vincent

Writers want to be reread. They want to think that their words don't just flash by but deserve some reflection. — Bobbie Ann Mason

We all have our demons, I just happen to exorcise mine by writing them out. — Sai Marie Johnson

I'm not a huge fan of prequels and sequels and the cynical rush to make money on the back of books by other writers who are now dead. — Anthony Horowitz

Writers are liars my dear, surely you know that by now? — Neil Gaiman

Readers have to be sought out and won to the light of the page, poem by poem, one by one by one. — C.D. Wright

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that. — Anne Rice

Many existing top 20 Scottish writers have flourished in part because of good turns done by institutions, arts community, libraries and bookshops. — Sara Sheridan

A day's brightness is determined by the light in our hearts. — A.D. Posey

I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character. — Sherwood Schwartz

There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point. — Peter David

Strive to be beyond what others perceive you to be, by striving beyond the limits of yourself. — Debbie Tosun Kilday

As with writing by candlelight, one's greatest ideas come from 'the flickering' between darkness and light. — Fennel Hudson

It requires writers to do two things that by their metabolism are impossible. They must relax, and they must have confidence. — William Zinsser

Countries which are governed by the dabblers will undoubtedly turn into the miserable countries! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles. — Norm MacDonald

As writers, we should remind ourselves, and each other, that Jane Austen and JK Rowling got rejected by publishers, too. — Joanne Van Leerdam

The writers I know seem constitutionally unable to allow themselves to be discouraged by failure. — William G. Tapply

In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets. — Etgar Keret

Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe. — Robert Black

As writers, we can do whatever we want to. We're only limited by our imaginations. What an amazing, incredible time to be alive. How lucky we all are. — J.A. Konrath

The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers. — Wilson Follett

Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion. — William Strunk Jr.

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line. — Langston Hughes

What I adore is supreme professionalism. I'm bored by writers who can write only when it's raining. — Noel Coward

It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing another. — Dan Simmons

Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I've sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh. — Francine Du Plessix Gray

Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. — John Steinbeck

Characters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found. — Elizabeth Bowen

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. — Ted Dekker

Requiems for the Departed contains seventeen short stories, inspired by Irish mythology, from some of the finest contemporary writers in the business. — Gerard Brennan

I'm such a fangirl when it comes to other writers. I read 250 books a year, and I'm always talking up books by other authors. — Jen Lancaster

All authors go to heaven; we have paid our dues on earth by choosing to the hellish career of writing — Carl Henegan

What compels me to write now is the same as all those years ago. It is the love of writing and storytelling, driven by a desire to escape. — Fennel Hudson

Because of their impact on our memories, writers rule. They wield the instrument by which our world is organized. — Danielle S. Allen

Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner. — Louise Erdrich

(the modern writer's aim is) general revelation by suggestion (and) making a very tiny part do for a whole. — Sean O'Faolain

If we must encounter each other, let's do it the old way - in the dark, by the fire, our breaths bated, the world a big black mystery beyond us. — Meghan Tifft

Only by creating out of love will one achieve true greatness. — A.D. Posey

We writers dream of a future where actors are mostly computer generated and their performances can be adjusted, by us, on a laptop, alone. — Tina Fey

Writing is what happens when the words in your head are overpowered by the words in your heart. — J.L. Bond

For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters and writers and musicians have done before him. — Virginia Woolf

I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate. — Derrick Bell

I think writers from both East and West have long been fascinated by the ancient tales and the opportunity to reinterpret them. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Novelist by day; screenwriter by night. — A.D. Posey

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I'm afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities? — Candace Bushnell

A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves. — Jon Hurwitz

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing. — Laurence J. Peter

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs. — Hope Davis

Perspective and perseverance are carved by time and constructed by wisdom. — A.D. Sams