“Most of my recent plays were written in the railway train between Hatfield and Kings Cross. I write anywhere, on the top of omnibuses or wherever I may be; it is all the same to me.” WritingMayPlayWrittenKingsCrossesTrainRailway Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Your book may be a masterpiece but do not suggest that to the publisher because many of the most hopeless manuscripts that have come his way have probably been so described by their authors.” WayMayBookHopelessPublishersMasterpieceManuscripts Author:Stanley Unwin
“Every writer has to make an emotional journey from artist sitting in attic to being part of a business. The writer of a film is like Tinkerbell. You are only there because people believe in you. The moment they dont, because youre a pain the arse, youve lost.” PeopleBelieveMomentsPainFilmArtistLostJourneyEmotionalSittingBelieve In YouAtticsArsesTinkerbell Author:Julian Fellowes
“Why, after all, should readers never be harrowed? Surely there is enough happiness in life without having to go to books for it.” ShouldBookEnoughReaderLife Happiness Author:Dorothy Parker
“A writer is a maker, not a man of action: his private life is of no concern to anybody but himself, his family and his friends.” MenActionLife IsConcernMakersPrivate Life Author:W. H. Auden
“Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I would rather read.” IfsNeedsWritingLottery Author:Clarissa Dickson Wright
“I think we got much better poetry when it was all regarded as sinful or subversive, and you had to hide it under the cushion when somebody came in.” ThinkingSubversiveCushions Author:Philip Larkin
“Reading groups, readings, breakdowns of book sales all tell the same story: when women stop reading, the novel will be dead.” BookStoriesReadingNovelGroupsBreakdown Author:Ian Mcewan
“The blog is certainly another tool for writers out there to break their way in. But being a blogger does not make you a great writer.” WayDoeBreakToolsBlogsGreat WritersBloggers Author:Julie Powell