Exercise Quote by Anonymous

“Writing is a deeply spiritual act that can have a profound effect upon the practitioner.”

— Phyllis Theroux

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

— Anne Lamott

My dad never really wrote what he thought. None of his inner rage and darkness and problems, which we all have, made it on…

— Giles Coren

All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it would just…

— Joss Whedon

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

— Irvine Welsh

For me writing isn't a mental exercise, it's barely even a literary exercise, it feels like a spiritual experience.

— Ottessa Moshfegh

My feeling is that writing is, for me, a pathological condition. That could sound like a mystical experience, and it may be a mystical…

— Alan Garner

I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real, to see day lilies and swimming pools,…

— Alice Hoffman

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

— Mia Farrow

For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God.

— Elif Safak

Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one's love to…

— Aberjhani

“The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.”

— David Hare