Writers Community Quotes

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

Writers read essays and serious thinkers and serious readers... that is a small population.

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

Japan, Germany, and India seem to me to have serious writers, readers, and book buyers, but the Netherlands has struck me as the most robust literary culture in the world.

The Writer's Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing self, and 3. to nurture the writing of others. I accept these responsibilities and shall honor them always.

Pittsburgh was the first chance to be in a classroom with other writers, to have conversations with other writers. In fact, after graduate school, I lived in Japan, Ohio and New Orleans, and only upon leaving Pittsburgh did I see what a special community it was for poets, so I was eager to come back. It's a strong arts community across the board.

In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay forward.

In its fifty-first year of publication, 'The Paris Review' continues to search for new ways to bring together writers and readers.

There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact.

I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the craft of writing can come together in order to collectively improve.

I like to hear from my readers, and I like to feel like I'm part of a bigger community of readers and writers.

I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

Telluride has an incredible history and reputation, and I've long known of it as a unique entity that makes a place for writers - one more aspect of this exceptional film festival in the Colorado Alps.

Us writers all like each other and want to write stories with each other; we're having a good time.

The CWC is a professional organization for professional writers. Non-published writers are welcome as associate members.