Air Quote by Andrea Gibson

I write to invite the voices in, to watch the angel wrestle, to feel the devil gather on its haunches and rise. I write…

— Dorianne Laux

I write because I am alone and move through the world alone. No one will know what has passed through me... I write because…

— Natalie Goldberg

I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.

— Anne Lamott

I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go…

— Leslie Marmon Silko

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like…

— John Steinbeck

we should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. we should write because writing…

— Julia Cameron

I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that.

— Will Self

I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read…

— Orhan Pamuk

I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because…

— Isabel Allende

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This…

— Michael Hersch

I write because I actually enjoy writing. It's a plus and a fringe benefit that, you know, I can actually provide for my family…

— Ne-Yo

I write because I love doing it.

— Roxane Gay