Genuine Quote by Dani Shapiro

Writing is making sense of life.

— Nadine Gordimer

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

— John Cheever

“Writing is a part of life that has to be explored.”

— P.S. Winn

“Search your own life for the story only you can tell. The best thing about writing from life is that you can be sure…

— Elizabeth Forsythe

If you're going to write about your life, you must write about your life.

— Rita Moreno

“Writing is a lot like life, the more you learn the more you realize that you don’t have a clue”

— Carl Henegan

Everything I know about life I learned from the daily practice of sitting down to write.

— Dani Shapiro

You can't be a writer and have nothing to write about. You have to have life experiences.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“There are many writing courses, there’s plenty of demand for them. The shortage is having something to write about, and that can’t be taught…

— Jostein Gaarder The Ringmaster s Daughter

I gave myself the small task of writing honestly about the kind of life I knew. I believe there is some value in carrying…

— Sally Rooney

Writing isn't necessarily about what one knows but what one wants to know.

— Carrie Brownstein

More than anything, I write about what I know. The experiences that I've had in my life and that we've all had collectively, that's…

— Andy Biersack