Eye Quote by Ba Jin

Writing has freed me from the despair of living.

— Anita Brookner

My writing is a picture of the mind moving.

— Philip Whalen

I have suffered, like other writers, from indolence, irresolution, distaste to my work, absence of 'inspiration,' and all that: but I have also found…

— Harriet Martineau

When things were not going right for me, writing was the only thing that kept my equilibrium right, it has always been a do-it…

— Aditya Dhar

A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control…

— Lauren Groff

Like most writers I spend a lot of my time sort of thinking, "It's such agony, I can't do it."

— Geoff Dyer

People think you have to be tortured or miserable to write, but I'm finding that I get inspired a lot more these days before…

— Billy Bob Thornton

The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me.

— Joyce Maynard

In everything I write, I'm always striving to hit the right mix of light and darkness, humor and pain, fun and seriousness.

— Greg van Eekhout

I never feel so alive as when I'm writing and the work is going well.

— Dani Shapiro

I love writing but it's a real pain. It's a miserable process - very satisfying but very miserable.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

— Gao Xingjian