Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.
Harold Ross
Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing.
Judith Rossner
Years of imprisoning and beheading writers never succeeded in shutting them out. However, placing them in the heart of a market and rewarding them... →
Arundhati Roy
Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
Salman Rushdie
Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it.
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can't face it head-on.
Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.
Rene Russo