I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very subversive and very important.
Jayne Anne Phillips
I'm a language-oriented writer who proceeds sentence by sentence.
Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose... →
Renzo Piano
I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to... →
Jodi Picoult
Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.
I'm an old school actor in the sense. More and more now, I play myself as I get older. Even as a writer, I never got typecast. I've always... →
Jim Piddock
Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to write every day, but I know a... →
Tamora Pierce
I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy.... →
Daniel Pinkwater
I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.
Harold Pinter
I've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both.
John Piper