My Writing Quotes

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All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works. — Paul Auster
Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter. — J. G. Ballard
I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters. — Jello Biafra
My writing always came out of a very personal place, out of an attempt to stay sane. — Alain de Botton
All of my writing is God-given. — Ray Bradbury
I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made. — James Broughton
Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did. — Rita Mae Brown
In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point… — William S. Burroughs
I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible. — A. S. Byatt
I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my… — Sandra Cisneros
I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be cooped… — James Rollins
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my… — Jackie DeShannon
I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of… — Isaac Asimov
Often when I write I am trying to make words do the work of line and color. I have the painter's sensitivity to light. Much… — Elizabeth Bowen
It was unavoidable, my writing. I feel I had no choice in the matter, no more than I had about an unfortunate bone structure and… — Maureen Howard
When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life. — Erica Jong
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the… — Amy Tan
Even if I could not earn a penny from my writing, I would earn my livelihood at something else and continue to write at night. — Irving Wallace
My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. in the rewriting process you discover what's going on, and… — Joan Didion

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