A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons. Philip Roth crazydrivepoison Change image and share on social
A writer has to live with a sense of honor. Irwin Shaw honorlivesense Change image and share on social
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor. Irwin Shaw honorhumanlive Change image and share on social
A writer is a palmist, reading the lines of the planet. Pico Iyer linepalmistplanet Change image and share on social
A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye. Bernard Malamud criticaleyehighly Change image and share on social
A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns. P. L. Travers bookhalflearn Change image and share on social
A writer is always, always searching, even against her will, against all her better instincts, for the thread of a story. Everything is fodder. Everything is fuel. You can feel it coming on like the tingling of a sore throat. The brain never stops struggling to reshape every experience and feeling into a coherent narrative. Miriam Toews braincoherentcome share on social
A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a country or an age. George Edward Woodberry ageboundcall Change image and share on social
A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy. E. B. White beandayplant Change image and share on social
A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. Anton Chekhov confectionercosmeticdealer Change image and share on social