Impact Quote by Armistead Maupin

“The ultimate goal of any writer is to explore the lightest and darkest aspects of being. If a writer accomplishes this task, the work…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Experiencing life makes you a better writer, and writing enhances your experience of life.”

— Kristen Melissa Davis

There's no better feeling as a writer than to see your piece going beyond what you can have ever imagined. And a wonderful way…

— Tom Kitt

I've been a writer my whole life.

— Scheana Shay

“There are many good reasons for writing that have nothing to do with being published. Writing is a powerful search mechanism, and one of…

— William Knowlton Zinsser

“The secret of being a writer: not to expect others to value what you've done as you value it. Not to expect anyone else…

— Joyce Carol Oates

That's the advantage of being a writer: No matter what happens, as long as you survive it, it goes into the work.

— Alexandra Fuller

“Being a writer is an important job because we bring emotion and imagination into a world filled with endless, inane chatter.”

— Jennifer Probst

I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.

— Andrew Motion

“What a joke it is to read or hear—as I have read or heard more times than I can count—that writers ‘see more clearly’…

— Gilbert Sorrentino

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

— Esther Forbes

Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence.

— Ishmael Reed