The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.
Simone de Beauvoir
To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make.
Antony Beevor
I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
James A. Baldwin
All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac.
Saul Bellow
The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
Robert Benchley
An intellectual's weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as... →
Mario Benedetti
I think people are starting to think of me less as an actor and more as a writer.
Amber Benson
Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody understands the hours.
Julie Benz
When I look back at it, I'm mostly amazed at how poorly it was shot. David Kelley is a great writer, and I thought the scripts were great, but it... →
Peter Berg
I'm a writer more than I am a talker.
Wendell Berry