Kameron Hurley

As both an essayist and science fiction and fantasy novelist, I write about and for the future. I talk about the past to remind us that what we believe has always been true - that men and women are somehow static categories, or that men in power has always been the default, or that same-sex love affairs were always taboo - has not always been thus.

American Writer

John D'Agata

I'm an essayist. And this is a genre that has existed for a few thousand years. Ever heard of Cicero? So these rules that I'm working under are not mine but rather were established by writers who recognized the difference between the hard research of journalism and the kind of inquiry of mind that characterizes the essay.

Sloane Crosley

It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons; I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate.

Charles J. Shields

There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it permits and encourages self-knowledge in a way that is less indirect than fiction, more open and speculative.

Meghan Daum

What I think is important about essayists - about the essay, as opposed to a lot of personal writing that kind of finds its way into public view - is that the material really has to be presented in a processed way.

American Author

Neal Brennan

I think the biggest influence on my stand-up would be Chris Rock, in that I love that Chris is basically an essayist, in that he'll take a subject and just try and attack it from as many different angles as he can.

American Comedian

William Ernest Henley

Essayists, like poets, are born and not made, and for one worth remembering, the world is confronted with a hundred not worth reading. Your true essayist is, in a literary sense, the friend of everybody.

English Poet

Faith Salie

Any responsible essayist or memoir writer who's writing about herself is not just saying, 'Here's what happened,' and opening up her diary. There needs to be consideration of other people's feelings.

American Journalist

Nicholson Baker

Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays.

American Novelist

Jose Saramago

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

Portuguese Writer

Essays are often personal opinions, not just factual reports.

Opinion Pieces

Essayists write about diverse subjects, from politics to daily life.

Varied Topics

Essayists often have a distinct voice or style that characterizes their writing.

Personal Style

 we're a magazine we go out some of us maybe many of us are feature writers and essayists for you know in you know wearing various different hats I run into this people say sometimes when I'm talking to sources well you have to be objective don't you you're a journalist

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 in which the essayist wrote, "In everything, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth." Even when building the Imperial Palace, they always leave one place unfinished.

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 century essayist part-time philosopher full time clergyman but now he's really only remembered for one thing he's the dude that asked a question that inspired Todd so in the Zoners day in