My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people when I was a kid that worked with children's... →
Reeve Carney
My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician.
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
John le Carre
Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to... →
I've never seen myself as a fantasy writer - ever.
Jonathan Carroll
When you're writing fiction or poetry... it really comes down to this: indifference to everything except what you're doing... A young writer... →
Raymond Carver
I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.
Julian Casablancas
As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.
Zoe Cassavetes
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
Willa Cather