In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.

Quote by Geoffrey Cottrell

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In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in...

In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in...

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real...

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

I noticed I had developed a fantasy about myself as a writer as opposed to...

I noticed I had developed a fantasy about myself as a writer as opposed to...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, you...

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, you...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of...

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of...

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a...

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a...

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal...

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...