Book Quote by Alan Bennett

When really writing I'm not a good friend. Because writing disorganizes the social self, you become atomized. It scrambles you, sometimes to the point…

— Tony Kushner

I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the…

— Ray Charles

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins

I don't write because of some rare talent. I write because I have a little voice inside of me that says really cool things…

— Todd Newton

I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make…

— Anthony Bourdain

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. It has always been hard for me to say exactly what I mean…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.

— Wallace Shawn

Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to…

— Christopher Paolini

You write because you don't talk very well, and maybe one of the reasons that I was determined to write was that I wasn't…

— John Updike

Writing is always harder than talking.

— Gloria Steinem

I write when I have something to say and not when I don't. My time is better spent if I know I have nothing…

— Peter Orner

I think that I speak a lot like I write.

— Max Lucado