Ambitious Quote by Arundhati Roy

I'm the most communal person that exists and a very solitary person. So I think writing is a form of getting to the community…

— Ariel Dorfman

“Writing is a profession that requires being alone. Just alone. You talk, laugh, get pissed off, get scared, be happy, think, imagine, shout, and…

— Alexina Benavidez

Very few people can write in a crowd. This is a very solitary occupation. I have known people more talented than me who never…

— Tom Robbins

writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're…

— Fannie Hurst

Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.

— Anneli Rufus

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an…

— Neil Simon

I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what…

— Roseanne Barr

I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.

— William S. Burroughs

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

— Jodi Picoult

You have to really have a taste for being alone to be a writer.

— Paul Auster

Writing is sort of putting a puzzle together halfway. Then, performing it has always been the completion of it. Once that happens, I'm feeling…

— Brandi Carlile

If you're going to be a writer, you're going to write because you have to. It's not like other arts and not nearly as…

— Ian Sansom