Activity Quote by Dan Simmons

Writing, Im convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common…

— Dan Simmons

“I don’t believe in classes where students criticize each other’s manuscripts. Such criticism is generally composed in equal parts of ignorance, flattery, and spite.…

— Flannery O'Connor

Writing is an antisocial act.

— Martha Grimes

Reading and writing are in themselves subversive acts...

— Mark Vonnegut

As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

— Shannon Hale

Writing is a solitary occupation, and we like it that way.

— Julianne MacLean

To write is to inform against others.

— Violette Leduc

I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is…

— Jayne Anne Phillips

Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.

— Cesare Pavese

Writing is a way of sharing our humanity.

— William McIlvanney

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

— Jonathan Lethem

Writing is one of those jobs that everyone has an opinion on. I don't think this is a bad thing.

— Jack Thorne