And these things we write that our joy may be full. 1 John…

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like…

— John Steinbeck

I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,…

— John Flansburgh

There are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff which nobody…

— Ned Beauman

Success means being heard and don't stand there and tell me that you are indifferent to being heard. You may write for the joy…

— Flannery O'Connor

The main thing is to write for the joy of it. Cultivate a work-lust that imagines its haven like your hands at night dreaming…

— Seamus Heaney

“Write for joy. It is the *only* reason to write. Whatever happens to your books afterward, just write for joy. Send your current one…

— Welwyn Wilton Katz

“Write with love, write with joy, and write with pride.”

— Anonymous

I always talk to my students about the need to write for the joy of writing. I try to sort of disaggregate the acclaim…

— Kim Edwards

I think it's harder to write about joy than pain, isn't it?

— Jamie Parker

There are a few songwriters in bands I really relate to that write a certain type of joy, because a lot of artists don't…

— Mark Foster

I don't write to give joy to readers but to give them a conscience.

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

“I write for the joy of writing. It is the air I breathe and the joy of my life.”

— Charlene Iverson

“What?” he asked in a low voice. “You looked like you spent your last joy bill.” He hissed, “What does that even mean?” “I…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I am a dedicated madman, and that becomes its own training. If you can't resist, if the typewriter is like candy to you, you…

— Ray Bradbury

I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I…

— Kristin Armstrong