A writer needs a life of introspection. Tom Robbins introspectionlifewriter Change image and share on social
A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it. Maurice Blanchot facereadremain Change image and share on social
A writer of fiction is really... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men. Ernest Hemingway congenitalfictioninvent Change image and share on social
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. Roald Dahl daydemandfear Change image and share on social
A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time. Arthur Koestler ambitioncontemporaryhundred Change image and share on social
A writer's definitive death is when no one reads his books anymore. That's the final death. Jose Saramago anymorebookdeath Change image and share on social
A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means. Barry Hannah backbuildchoose Change image and share on social
A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world. Natalie Goldberg givejoblarge Change image and share on social
A writer's life suits me. It's fairly, well, other people might think it was actually rather dull, but that's fine because I feel that my imagination is enough to kind of keep me happy. Ronald Frame dullfairlyfeel Change image and share on social