I can never understand why people who have not seen me for…

You do not know. You can only guess. You have not seen what I have seen. If you had, perhaps you would not ask…

— Kilgharrah

They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.

— Talib Kweli

“People always see me writing and ask me if they can read my writing. The answer is yes, after I publish it and they…

— Jarod Kintz

“To ask how I feel about writing is to ask how I feel about breathing.”

— Shakirah Bourne

I could give you absolutely sterling advice on how to avoid writing, how when you run out of things to do other than going…

— Tony Kushner

The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'

— Stanley Fish

“When people ask me why I'm writing 15 books, I tell them I didn't choose to write 15 books, they chose me!!”

— Diem Burden

That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did it without…

— Sandra Cisneros

“When someone gives you advice, just ask them to give it in writing and they will either keep mum or will run from there.”

— Amit Kalantri

I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about…

— Anton Chekhov

I'm still startled when people ask me for writing advice.

— Ayobami Adebayo

“If there’s a single idea I emphasize when people ask about writing, it’s that there’s no right way to produce a book. But I…

— Charles Finch

When people ask me which I would rather give up, writing or medicine, it's like being asked which eye I'd prefer to have poked…

— Chris Adrian

We can skip through a lot of the stuff people might ask about the writing of the book, and so their comments always start…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.

— Lorrie Moore