Ifs Quote by Clarissa Dickson Wright

I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.

— Anne Lamott

To read and to write. Some writers have to be told to write. They think their job is to meet agents and have experiences…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

Writing is a way of life. I do it because it's a way of experiencing the world, and trying to come to terms with…

— Emily Perkins

Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the next word…

— Renata Adler

“Writing is not a job description. A great deal of it is luck. Don't do it if you are not a gambler because a…

— Margaret Atwood

There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When I could…

— Rex Stout

Don't write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won't write anything worth reading.

— Ray Bradbury

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

I think, for any writer, when you write, you just write.

— David Farr

You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough.

— Haruki Murakami

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger