Act Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

“But it was different, somehow, to be reading it here, where the actual events had taken place all those hundreds of thousands of years…

— Jennifer E. Smith

You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair - the sense that you can never completely put on…

— Stephen King

Perhaps the act of writing is necessary when nothing happens.

— Kobo Abe

The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing's fun. You're getting somewhere,…

— James Thurber

I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.

— Jess Walter

I love the physical act of writing as well as how I grow which each situation I put on the page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

The act of writing itself isn't outrageous. And the institution subtly and insidiously works on you in such a way that though you seem…

— Gerald Stern

To me, the act of writing itself is infinitely more important than any success I have achieved through it. Not that I'm knocking success,…

— Jacqueline Briskin

If the act of writing is the act of putting aside the masculine, then you might in that way, it may sound almost crazy…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

The only time I know that something is true is the moment I discover it in the act of writing.

— Jean Malaquais

That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.

— Anne Lamott

A writer will do anything to avoid the act of writing.

— William Zinsser

The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the…

— Jodi Picoult

It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I…

— Anna Kendrick

I love the act of writing. I like the quiet, internal aspect of it. If I lost track of that, I couldn't direct the…

— Oliver Stone