Aliens Quote by Benjamin Percy

Writing is weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you.

— Tom King

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

Writing is a mode of agency in the world that is different from mere employment. There has to be some sort of ethical or…

— Aleksandar Hemon

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what…

— Terry Tempest Williams

The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests…

— Nathalie Sarraute

Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery.

— Natalie Goldberg

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 way of life. I do it because it's a way of experiencing the world, and trying to come to terms with…

— Emily Perkins

Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn't…

— Rod Serling

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

— Nadine Gordimer

Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

— Paulo Coelho