The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
W. Somerset Maugham
The best writers attempt to become alternative historians.
Colum McCann
But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.
Paul McCartney
It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources.
The hunger for knowing is what excites me. I get to geek out about editing, be on set, give notes to writers - I love it all.
Sue Naegle
If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
V. S. Naipaul
Writers should provoke disagreement.
Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.
I feel more related to some American crime writers than I do to Stieg Larsson.
Jo Nesbo
There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.
William Nicholson