All writers are obviously neurotic... For various reasons, writers retreat into an imaginary world because they find ordinary life rather difficult or boring or both. Christopher Koch boredifficultfind Change image and share on social
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one. Irwin Shaw badforgetgood Change image and share on social
All writers behave badly. All people behave badly. Claire Tomalin badlybehavepeople Change image and share on social
All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction. Alan Lightman drawfamilyfertile Change image and share on social
All writers have the idea that they are famous. Heather O'Neill famousideawriter Change image and share on social
All writers have their own pet commandments. Darin Strauss commandmentpetwriter Change image and share on social
All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer. Mark Billingham foremostreaderwriter Change image and share on social
All writers, in all viewpoints, must choose which information and scenes will be presented, and in which order. In that sense, the author is always represented as a point of view in a work of fiction. His hand can always be detected by the discerning. Nancy Kress authorchoosedetect share on social
All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a seductive 'come hither' for the story within. Caroline Leavitt covergoodimportant Change image and share on social
All writers learn this, in time: don't show your work to other people until it's safely finished. Even discussing your unborn book in quite general terms can be such an undermining experience that, afterwards, you give it up and go to live in Guatemala. Lynne Truss bookdiscussexperience share on social