Forums Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

I've known several cases of writers who decide to write about something and they research the hell out of it and when they're ready…

— E. L. Doctorow

Writing is how I find out what I believe and what I care most deeply about. It's how I sort through the mess of…

— Pico Iyer

I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go…

— Leslie Marmon Silko

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.

— Steven Moffat

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

— Atul Gawande

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

— Julia Alvarez

I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly…

— Robert Morgan

I really am a very research-oriented writer.

— Eric Kripke

I really write to find out what I know about something and what is to be known about something.

— Rebecca West

Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it's like to write. I'm interested…

— Eric Brown

My primary motivation for writing is to communicate my perceptions and insights into the human condition, in a way that may provide understanding, comfort,…

— Vanna Bonta

“For writers, writing is a great activity to engage your mind, body, and life. As, you know: taking on hobbies and activities can be…

— Prince Akwarandu