But for any writer worthy of the name there are moments during the writing process when the rest of the planet might as well have gone to Venus. And those moments are not for sale.

Quote by Maria Lenhart

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The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps...

The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps...

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking...

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but...

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but...

But this is an imperfect world, as actors, athletes, priests and presidents soon discover. Writers...

But this is an imperfect world, as actors, athletes, priests and presidents soon discover. Writers...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of...

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of...

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters

I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal...

When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal...

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy...

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...