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Writers Quotes (page 21)

Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists. Jack Herer
Lillian Hellman quote: "If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't..."
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. Lillian Hellman
Grace Paley quote: "You become a writer because you need to become a writer -..."
You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else. Grace Paley
Nowadays they have 12 directors and 15 producers and 30 writers. And all the writers want their lines said a certain way-which isn't necessarily funny. I mean the lines aren't necessarily so funny to begin with. Tim Conway
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. Cyril Connolly
I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian, and who happened to write about Indians. James Welch
P. L. Travers quote: "A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is..."
A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns. P. L. Travers
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. Ben Okri
William Weaver quote: "Calvino was not a writer of hits; he was a writer of classics."
Calvino was not a writer of hits; he was a writer of classics. William Weaver
One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful writer, he earned a living. And it was a shock for me to find out that it was actually hard to make a living as a writer. Michael Tolkin
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer. Marguerite Young
My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer. Taylor Hackford
I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working with other writers, as in Hollywood or in a shared world series, will also strengthen your skills, by exposing you to new ways of seeing the work, and different approaches to certain creative challenges. George R. R. Martin
The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint. J. M. Coetzee
I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong. Paulo Coelho

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