Compelled Quote by Anne Lamott

I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get…

— Anne Lamott

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and…

— Anonymous

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter…

— Rick Riordan

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

— Neil Gaiman

For a while I never show anybody what I'm writing, and during that time I need the feeling that publishing is only an option.…

— Daniel Kehlmann

It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really…

— Alice Walker

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to…

— Lee Child

Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.

— Anne Lamott

I'm not writing to encourage people to read my book or even books in general. That's not my job. My job is to write…

— Sally Rooney

I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I…

— Oscar Hijuelos

I write pretty much every day, but I don't have any desire to publish anything.

— Winona Ryder

I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing…

— Kate Zambreno