In order to be a great writer a person must have a built-in, shockproof crap detector.
hay he's a great writer and i like him a lot
Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.
For a country to have a great writer is to have another government.
Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things.
I'm not a great writer.
We are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter
There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When I could no longer afford that I wrote for money.
Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.