Agreement Quote by Ben Okri

What I don't write is as important as what I write.

— Jamaica Kincaid

For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them…

— Virginia Hamilton

Anything that happens to you has some bearing upon what you write.

— John Dos Passos

As the writer, I may choose to ignore the emotional heart of the matter, and focus on details, and trust that the heart of…

— Lydia Davis

When you're writing with someone else it helps you think of things you never would've thought of.

— Ingrid Michaelson

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

— Joseph Joubert

I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace.

— Ba Jin

As cheesy as it sounds, I feel like I do write a lot, not necessarily for a message to be taken away. I feel…

— Thomston

I see so many talented writers who have difficulties with that. And if you don't believe it's important, you won't put in the work…

— Theodora Goss

I think it's very hard to reconcile oneself to the notion that it may not matter what you think if you still want to…

— Lynne Tillman

All along, my mantra was: Don't write unless it contributes to the emotion, and do anything you do in service of the emotion only.

— George Saunders

I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.

— Neko Case