Books Quote by Brie Edison

writing, like living, is lonely work.

— Blanche Willis Howard

Writing is alone, but I don't think it's lonely. Ask any writer if they feel lonely when they're writing their book, and I think…

— Margaret Atwood

“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

“Writing is a solitary job--that is, no one can help you with it, bu there's nothing lonely about it. I have always been too…

— Anonymous

There’s a difference between being alone and being lonely. Writers know that. I have never met a writer who does not crave to be…

— Mary Ruefle

The writer works in a lonely way.

— Irwin Shaw

“We all know writing is a reclusive, lonely endeavour. It just is. But nobody writes alone.”

— Iain Reid

When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed…

— Geoff Dyer

The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person.

— Betsy Lerner

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.

— Ernest Hemingway

“Writing is a lonely process, but should not be done alone.”

— M.E. Jakobsen

“Some writers say they find the writing process lonely. I don't. Yes, it's solitary but when you can escape into a world of your…

— Stewart Stafford