I guess what I'm trying to say is that writing is…

Writing is a mysterious activity.

— Susan Sontag

Writing is mysterious, and it's supposed to be...any path that gets you there is a good path in the end. But one true thing…

— Andrea Barrett

The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral…

— Jorge Luis Borges

I've found you can go on writing in the dark, and that the act of writing itself, that mysterious, dangerous, intoxicating, absorbing, nourishing magician's…

— Janette Turner Hospital

There is so much about the process of writing that is mysterious to me, but this one thing I've found to be true: writing…

— Dorianne Laux

The best advice I ever got came from my mother, Estee Lauder: She believed that if you had something good to say, you should…

— Leonard Lauder

I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating with your…

— Etgar Keret

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.

— Iain Banks

Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be,…

— Francesca Lia Block

People say writing is really hard. That's very unfair to those who are doing real jobs. People who work in the fields or fix…

— Paul Theroux

“But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I…

— Frank Herbert

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: writing picture books is an art - the art of word choice.

— Rebecca Serle

I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.

— Jesse Ball

I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where…

— Deb Caletti

The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Most of the…

— Anais Nin