Activity Quote by Dan Simmons

Writing, I'm 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

Reading and writing are in themselves subversive acts...

— Mark Vonnegut

Writing is an antisocial act.

— Martha Grimes

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

As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

— Shannon Hale

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

— Julianne MacLean

Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.

— Agatha Christie

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

— Cesare Pavese