Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by…

Many friends have said to me, 'I never know when you write your books, because I've never seen you writing, or even seen you…

— Agatha Christie

I feel like you can do all the research in the world, but when you start putting that costume on, put your hair in…

— Anastasia Griffith

It is in the hard, hard rockpile labor of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing…

— John Mason Brown

“For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.”

— Eudora Welty

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

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

— Alexander Pope

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

— Tracy Kidder

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 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'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

“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

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

— Annie Proulx

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

— Adam Gopnik