Felt Quote by Curtis Hanson

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

— Nick Cave

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

— J. B. Priestley

Just get all of your ideas down. To me, writing is therapy and a way to clear your mind and step into a different…

— Nick Cannon

Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny…

— Emma Donoghue

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

— E. L. Doctorow

I've always felt that the cool thing about being a writer is that all you need is paper to do the job.

— Dwayne McDuffie

Writing is like the relationship with your bowels. First you can, then you can't. Finally, you must. Only then should you reach for the…

— Howard Nemerov

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

— Flannery O'Connor

My idea of writing is of unflinching and continual effort, somehow trying to find the right words until you reach a point where you…

— James Salter

Writing is something that I am ever driven to do, and concerning which I am never satisfied.

— Nora Waln

Writing is something that you can never do as well as it can be done. It is a perpetual challenge and it is more…

— Ernest Hemingway

I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can…

— Richard Bach