Writers since at least the heyday of Gore Vidal have bemoaned their audience's defection to other forms of entertainment. Garth Risk Hallberg audiencebemoandefection Change image and share on social
Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response. Mary Oliver accommodateedgegive Change image and share on social
Writers sometimes ruin a book by adding a lighthearted mood at the wrong moment. Gayle Lynds addbooklightheart Change image and share on social
Writers sometimes write things for me and I like to see what they write because I want to see what their take on my delivery is or what they think that I can do with something. So I kind of leave that to them. Isaiah Mustafa deliverykindleave share on social
Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day. Richard Price alphabetdayletter Change image and share on social
Writers such as Richard Powers and the late David Foster Wallace have shown the path to a newer generation of writers for whom all national boundaries are quaint curiosities. Giles Foden boundarycuriositydavid Change image and share on social
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche. Tanith Lee bookclichehave Change image and share on social
Writers tend to write stories as a kind of holiday between novels, or as preliminary steps towards a novel. Stories just don't often make up a writer's main body of work, and that's not because they don't see the market for it. James Lasdun bodyholidaykind share on social
Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work. Leland Ryken appreciationbenefitenhance share on social
