Am Quote by Bill Callahan

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

— George R. R. Martin

I tend to write from a personal place, and most of the time when I'm writing by myself, it's coming from something I've experienced.

— Aubrie Sellers

My subconscious does the writing; I don't have control over that.

— Augusten Burroughs

Writing, for me, is always a dance between the critical part of my brain and the subconscious.

— Marisa Silver

A writer's subconscious is one of the filthiest places there are: as a matter of fact, you can find the whole world there.

— Romain Gary

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood

Whatever part of writing that is subconscious is a thing that no one has access to.

— Nathan Englander

When I'm writing, I'm trying to access my subconscious and turn off my conscious brain. I use my conscious for research, but when I'm…

— Dan Gilroy

Writing is physical for me. I always have the sense that the words are coming out of my body, not just my mind.

— Jonathan Lethem

I think there's a kind of confidence I often feel when I'm writing that I don't feel when I'm in the world, I guess.…

— Karen Russell

When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where you are.

— Luis Negron

I'm not much interested in my own self when I write. I'm interested in what I observe out there, what's going on around me.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell