A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. Gertrude Stein eareyepaint Change image and share on social
A writer starts out, I think, wanting to be a transfiguring agent, and ends up usually just making contact, contact with other human beings. This, unsurprisingly, is not enough. Joy Williams agentbeingcontact Change image and share on social
A writer stops writing the moment he or she puts the last full stop to their text, and at that point the book is in limbo and doesn't come to life until the reader picks it up and the reader flips the pages. Alberto Manguel bookflipfull share on social
A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch. Michael Ondaatje blowpenscalpel Change image and share on social
A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence. A. A. Milne moneypermanencework Change image and share on social
A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow. Johann Georg Hamann dangerdayhurry Change image and share on social
A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed.' Norman Lindsay creatureexposeman Change image and share on social
A writer without a reader doesn't exist. Harlan Coben existreaderwriter Change image and share on social
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write. Regina Brett writewriter Change image and share on social