Access Quote by Carol Windley

Without writing, the literate mind would not and could not think as it does, not only when engaged in writing but normally even when…

— Walter J. Ong

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.

— Aleksandar Hemon

Writing is a way to shape out visible and invisible, in myself as well as in the world.

— Eppu Nuotio

Language is handy, but we humans have social and emotional connections that transcend words and are communicated - and understood - without conscious thought.

— Leonard Mlodinow

Writing is an outward expression of instinctive insight that must be summoned from the vastly deep of our mysterious selves. Therefore, it cannot be…

— William Hughes Mearns

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.

— Nikki Giovanni

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse…

— Maya Angelou

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

— Rebecca West

We, as writers, have to figure out a way to create a consciousness in language. It's crazy even to attempt to do that.

— Aleksandar Hemon

“Writing allows a person to explore both physical reality and the internal workings of their mind. Writing places us in touch with our unconsciousness.…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it. I wrote…

— Julia Cameron

Writing is not a special language that belongs to a few sensitive souls who have a 'gift for words'. Writing is the logical arrangement…

— William Zinsser