I also write plays, so I understand the writers mind, and…

I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic…

— Lynn Nottage

When I turned 14, I became very obsessed with writing songs, and it took over my existence.

— Diane Warren

“What are they like, writers, in your mind: it may seem strange, but initially it’s not about writing. A writer is someone who struggles…

— Christian Bobin

“In the writers mind, even a backstory has a backstory.”

— Terry a O'Neal

“A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed. Or so…

— Edward Abbey

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time.

— Joan Armatrading

I'm really focused and obsessed with writing things that are specific. I don't like big rock lyrics - I find them infuriating.

— James Murphy

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didnt have time.

— Joan Armatrading

Academic environments are generally characterised by the presence of peole who claim to understand more than in fact they do. Linguistic Philosophy has produced…

— Ernest Gellner

I read continually and don't understand writers who say they don't read while working on a book. For a start, a book takes me…

— Paul Lynch

Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth…

— Richard North Patterson

My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major…

— Gene Wolfe

Sophisticated readers understand that writers work out their anger, their conflicts, their endless grief and rolling list of loss, through their stories. That however…

— Amy Bloom

I understand that each one of us works at a different speed, and has a slightly different process. I understand that these writers are…

— Stephen King

People generally will soon understand that writers should be judged, not according to rules and species, which are contrary to nature and art, but…

— Victor Hugo