I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are probably many, many people who are better writers than me.
A writer is what I am.
I try to read writers who are better than me because it inspires me to be better.
I'm a competent novelist. I'm getting better. But I'm a really good short story writer.
I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
I don't really consider myself a writer.
Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?
I don't call myself a writer.
In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays.