Littles Quote by Curtis Sittenfeld

I suppose I have an active imagination, and writing allows me to live it out.

— Richard Paul Evans

Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you're not writing.

— David Milch

When I write for myself, I think about myself and draw from my own experience.

— Bonnie McKee

I write. I imagine. The act of imagining in itself enlivens me. I am not frozen and paralyzed before the predator. I invent characters.…

— David Grossman

“When you “lose yourself” inside the world of a fictional character while reading a story, you may actually end up changing your own behavior…

— Terry Marselle

“I think that a writer should observe the real world before imagining a non-existent one.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.

— Michel Houellebecq

Sometimes I would write while inspired and sometimes I would write through sheer force of will, and in revision the writing that I thought…

— Jesse Michaels

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

— Ralph Keyes

I think it's very hard to reconcile oneself to the notion that it may not matter what you think if you still want to…

— Lynne Tillman

When I do it [writing] by myself, there's a lot more terror and uncertainty.

— Kate DiCamillo

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

— Ronald Frame