You should write because you love the shape of stories and…

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

— Annie Proulx

I was 12. Our ,teacher made us write an autobiography and I realised that I wasn't very interesting. I began to make things up,…

— John Burnham Schwartz

I think that one is constantly startled by the things that appear before you on the page when you're writing.

— Shirley Hazzard

Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing…

— Carl Hiaasen

When you have so much history with someone you just can't close the book , you have too rip that page out and keep writing.

— Anonymous

“Write in pictures. With your words, let the reader see not letters, but images. Be specific about every detail, but don't describe it--make it…

— A.A. Patawaran

“I've worked really hard to make myself a better writer. I don't think writing is something that comes to people naturally; it is a…

— Nathan Nixon

All good writing comes out of aloneness.

— Sam Shepard

I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time;…

— Ravi Shankar

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.

— Tracy Kidder

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.

— Alexander Pope

“The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of…

— Stephen King

Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history is. You're…

— Teju Cole

Often the block [in writing] comes from the wall of words that keep out the simplicity of sense.

— Adam Gopnik