I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing…

For me, fun is being with people I trust and love... and writing poetry.

— Kunal Kapoor

When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what…

— Luke Bryan

“Why do I write? Out of fear. Out of fear that the memory of the people I write about might go lost. Out of…

— Anonymous

We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us slip into someone else’s…

— Steven Saylor

The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write.

— Meg Rosoff

“I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was curious to…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I've never known a writer who didn't feel ill at ease in the world. We all feel unhoused in some sense. That's part of…

— Andrea Barrett

“Writers, naturally, dream of becoming authors. Authors dream of writing a bestseller. Bestselling authors want to write more bestsellers. And everyone hopes for big…

— Amy Hill Hearth

I've never worked with a co-author before [Alison McGhee]. Writing for me is a pretty scary thing, so it was a huge comfort to…

— Kate DiCamillo

Our day-to-day lives are pretty chaotic. So in terms of the writing part, you have to get pretty disciplined about finding quiet moments and…

— Sarah Kay

Even if something within me is ugly, writing is a pretty good place to play with that thing and to begin to really see…

— George Saunders

All I care about is that people who like me think I'm funny. I get on with writing pretty straight-down the line, old-fashioned stuff.

— Giles Coren

I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's…

— Sarah Shahi

“I write because, as wonderful as life is - and it is truly wonderful - it isn't enough. It does not, for example, contain…

— Laini Taylor

“Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.”

— Ernest Barbaric