People Quote by Anonymous

I think all writers are a bit crazy; Damaged souls, incapable of doing anything else.

— Paul Auster

Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

— Jan Karon

All writers are egomaniacal, manic-depressive, drug-addicted alcoholics. You want to have that fix again.

— T.C. Boyle

Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.

— Diana Trilling

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is…

— E. L. Doctorow

Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all…

— Joss Whedon

Only another writer can know how much damage writing a novel can do to you. It's an unnatural activity to sit at a desk…

— Norman Mailer

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes

People should be cautious how they treat writers, lest their faults become immortalized for the world to see. - D.

— D Michael Hardy

Bad things don't happen to writers; it's all material.

— Garrison Keillor

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

— Joy Williams