Circumstances Quote by Carrie Coon

Anyone who can only write about themselves or their life experiences, in my mind, isn't a very good writer.

— Robert Rodriguez

“Writing isn't easy because you have to relieve the most painful moments of your life, over and over again, and then you have to…

— Cristian Mihai

Everything I've written has been personal and touched on things that I needed to deal with in my personal life. So I just feel…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write something that's…

— Jonah Peretti

You need to experience life to be able to write about friendships, relationships, and heartbreak.

— Sabrina Carpenter

“Writing had always helped her, before. It always clarified her feelings and her thoughts, and she never felt like she could understand something fully…

— Lisa Scottoline

Writing is making sense of life.

— Nadine Gordimer

“Experiencing life makes you a better writer, and writing enhances your experience of life.”

— Kristen Melissa Davis

The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.

— Amy Poehler

You can't be a writer and have nothing to write about. You have to have life experiences.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“What would life be like without her writing? Writing filled her life with beauty and mystery, gave it life...and promise.”

— Maud Hart Lovelace

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings.

— Judy Collins