The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
Tanith Lee
I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I... →
Dennis Lehane
I like to be read. That's most of what any writer could want.
Mark Leibovich
As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.
Carol Leifer
The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.
Julia Leigh
If you're a studio writer, the funny better be on the page.
Thomas Lennon
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
Elmore Leonard
I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.
Hugh Leonard
Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.
I think with every writer there are two people there.