#writers

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate. ↗

— John Metcalf

#honest #keep #themselves #writers

Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it. ↗

— Walter Pater

#art #attempts #beauty #been #define

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. ↗

— Erica Jong

#also #being #cover #ever #fool

I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#because #become #being #children #dangerous

Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me. ↗

— Tim Roth

#ideas #me #might #reason #write

Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials. ↗

— Ann Rule

#hate #i #i love #love #some

Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#extraordinary #managed #produce #situations #terrible

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

#every #every day #had #i #leave

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#course #focus #huge #i #mean

I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing. ↗

— Rupert Sanders

#best #choosing #directors #every #i