Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.
Francis Ford Coppola

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer.
Jose Saramago

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.
Tobias Wolff

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.
Stephen Ambrose

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.
Antonio Tabucchi

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child.
Margaret Mahy

I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I wrote only after witnessing a trial.
John Grisham

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily.
Laurence Housman

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.
Thomas Keneally

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.
Tom T. Hall

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.
Jenny Agutter

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.
John Grisham

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
Kazuo Ishiguro

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.
Dario Argento

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
Elia Kazan

Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.
Dean Koontz

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.
Bryant H. McGill

Well see, I'm a good enough writer that not everybody in my books talks exactly like I do.
Robert Kirkman