Writing Ego Quotes

I never understand how writers can succumb to vanity - what you work the hardest on is usually the worst.

We never could clearly understand how it is that egotism, so unpopular in conversation, should be so popular in writing.

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered on the stage. Everything I do on tour is to try and destroy that pretense.

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what is gnawing at your bones.

My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.

Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if believed, can ruin you. If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.

He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

All bad writers are in love with the epic.

I wouldn't write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me.