Believe Quote by Anne Lamott

Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak.

— Twinkle Khanna

Writing is weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you.

— Tom King

“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing, a single…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Writing seems to rob me of my being: it is a second hand mode of communication, a pallid, mechanical transcript of speech, and so…

— Terry Eagleton

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid…

— Octavia Butler

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.

— Peter Benchley

Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery.

— Natalie Goldberg

Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your…

— Joan Didion

Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.

— Franz Kafka

Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own…

— Monica Dickens

Tips for aspiring writers: don't be afraid of writing rubbish. It's very easy to become hypnotised by an empty page or screen. It's tempting…

— Frances Hardinge