#rite

I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#attention #beach #book #capital #considers

If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#becomes #bestseller #book #chick #fascination

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago. ↗

— Paul Weller

#ago #conscious #could #i #ones

The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#called #create #establishment #feel #going

The first job of a writer is to be honest. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#honest #job #to be honest #writer

Many of the critics today get airline tickets, hotel accommodation, bags, beautiful photographs, gifts and other expenses paid by the distributors, and then are supposed to write serious articles about the movie. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#accommodation #airline #articles #bags #beautiful

I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within. ↗

— Eudora Welty

#came #daring #i #i am #life

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations. ↗

— Eudora Welty

#destinations #knowing #mesmerized #their #travelers

My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works. ↗

— Devon Werkheiser

#asleep #chores #doing #favorite #getting

Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write. ↗