writer

writer

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. Essays of Three Decades
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?
As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.
All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.
Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like. Illuminations: Essays and Reflections