Ifs Quote by Cameron Crowe

There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.

— Rod Serling

We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.

— Julia Cameron

I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I often write things, and then I think it's too personal for the Moodies. It's not something that I could share with other guys…

— Justin Hayward

When I have a lot of emotion going on, I'll write. I write letters to my family, my boyfriend, anyone I'm trying to get…

— Lana Condor

With so much of what I write, I'm just constantly wondering out loud, 'Do other people feel this way?'

— Paul Rust

I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.

— Ned Beauman

I'm one of those people who has to write. If I don't write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybody's glad when…

— Libba Bray

For me, when I'm writing something really personal, I don't feel good about it. It's weird that people can connect to it and like…

— Sampha

I think the best mood for writing is a heavy feeling that's a little bit removed from you. Sometimes I feel very self-indulgent and…

— Perfume Genius

It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really…

— Alice Walker

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

— Joseph Joubert