I'm a writer, first and foremost, and I sort of take my cues from the songwriters of the '70s, who are talking about what's really... →
Tift Merritt
My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.
If I had to summarize, most broadly, my concerns as a writer, I'd say the question 'How then must we live?' is at the heart of it, for me.
Claire Messud
You have to believe in yourself and only trust your own vision and instincts. If I'd listened to what other people thought about my work in the... →
Philipp Meyer
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them or... →
I really wanted to be a writer.
Nancy Meyers
I'm the luckiest writer on earth.
George Michael
The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don't trust my eyes. I consider myself to be a short-story writer.
Duane Michals
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.
James A. Michener
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.