The process of re-writing and writing and re-writing means…

The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing, let alone…

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

My pen.’ Funny, I wrote that without noticing. ‘The torch’, ‘the paper’, but ‘my pen’. That shows what writing means to me, I guess.…

— John Marsden

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.

— Jaron Lanier

Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

— Paulo Coelho

'Writing' always means 'not writing' to me because I will do anything to put it off. I think this is mainly because writing anything…

— Catherine Tate

Writing means being a fascinated slave to current events.

— Anonymous

“Most words come into being first in speech, then in private writing, and then in public, published writing, which means that if the date…

— Kory Stamper

The act of writing means you wish to communicate. Whether you're writing a memoir for yourself you put in a drawer, or you write…

— Harlan Ellison

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

— Kiran Desai

“Formal writing does not mean gratuitously fancy writing; it means clear, clean, maximally considerate writing.”

— David Foster Wallace

My routine is to create activities for myself unrelated to writing that allow little time for writing. This means that when I do get…

— Anthony McCarten

Writing means revealing oneself to excess.

— Franz Kafka

“In all people I see myself, none more and not one a barleycorn less, And the good or bad I say of myself I…

— Walt Whitman

I'm not that guy who thinks I have all the answers. Writing is a means of communicating, and if enough people say, 'I don't…

— Noah Hawley

“...'good writing' means compelling ideas clothed in words.”

— Betsey Lerner