Art Quote by C.E. Morgan

I've been writing books because it's been my way of dealing with the demons. The act of sitting down and writing the books down…

— Jimmy Barnes

I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious effort, nor…

— William Eggleston

I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary.…

— Rita Mae Brown

Whoever would write books? It's suffering as well as greatly satisfying. And certainly there's suffering in the sense that you don't know for a…

— Alice Mattison

If I wrote a book, I had to be willing at least to talk about some of my struggles, whether in my personal life,…

— Condoleezza Rice

my life has been saved over and over again by picking up a book in which someone captured the whole experience of being despised…

— Dorothy Allison

I think having a great range of experiences in my life had helped me as a writer, particularly a writer of fiction. I have…

— Marge Piercy

I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

— Frank Ocean

I would be honored if someone reads my books and it inspires them to write their own work.

— Alexandra Bracken

I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through.

— Vasily Grossman

With each book, I've found myself more and more able to draw off the personal and still be as vulnerable as I need to…

— Nathan Englander

“Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating, but no…

— Rachel Hartman