Famous Writer Quotes

Shakespeare was a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote.

Emerson's fame as a writer and thinker was firmly established during his lifetime by the books he gave to the world.

I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. You know, my fantasy of being a famous writer, and again there's a slight disconnect with reality which happens a lot with me. I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

If you can't write well then your ambition to become famous in this way will be frustrated. Either that or you have to get an amanuensis who will write for you.

I would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer.

It's been said that I am the most widely read writer of the 20th century. The number of books I've sold runs into untold millions.

We all grew up aware of Agatha Christie; there is no writer more prolific than her in England.