In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the... →
Lytton Strachey
Country people give me more than writers, and country places than towns.
Leonard Alfred George Strong
I'm the opposite of those writers who believe that my work is sacrosanct and cannot be touched.
Vikas Swarup
Touching on universality is an important part of effective storytelling, but the problem with cliches is that they are tired and dull. And that's... →
Miguel Syjuco
It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.
Antonio Tabucchi
When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the first targets of... →
Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.
Amy Tan
As writers, we only aim to please. Or we aimed to please as children, which is why we became writers.
Maurissa Tancharoen
There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.
Brad Thor