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Writers are
always selling somebody out.
-- Joan Didion
1934-, American Essayist
An author who
speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who
talks about her own children.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
1804-1881, British Statesman,
Prime Minister
The writer
isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we
need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying
century.
-- E. L. Doctorow
1931-, American Novelist
Writing is a
socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
-- E. L. Doctorow
1931-, American Novelist
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Writing is
turning one's worst moments into money.
-- J. P. Donleavy
1926-, American Writer
Yes, it's hard
to write, but it's harder not to.
-- Carl Van Doren
1885-1950, American Critic,
Biographer
The first
essential in writing about anything is that the writer
should have no experience of the matter.
-- Isadora Duncan
1878-1927, American Dancer
How people
treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
-- Wayne Dyer
1940-, American
Psychotherapist, Author, Lecturer
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