Action Quote by Connie Nielsen

The act of writing itself is done in secret, like masturbation.

— Stephen King

The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives…

— Sidney Jourard

“There is only so much revealing one can do. For every self-revelation, there has to be a self-concealment. A life-long commitment to writing involves…

— Susan Sontag

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak.

— Twinkle Khanna

The act of writing means you wish to communicate. Whether you're writing a memoir for yourself you put in a drawer, or you write…

— Harlan Ellison

“What a need we humans have for confession. To a priest, to a friend, to a psychoanalyst, to a relative, to an enemy, even…

— Aidan Chambers

The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests…

— Nathalie Sarraute

“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing, a single…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Ive always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful…

— Edmund White