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“academic writing is a process of making intelligent choices, not of following rigid rules.”

— Helen Sword

“Not writing is never an option. This is not words of advice. It just literally never an option!”

— Lillian R. Melendez

“I have so little control over the act of writing that it's all I can do to remain conscious. Actual formal considerations are almost…

— David Rakoff

“A writer is someone who has no choice”

— Andrew Updegrove

“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.”

— WH Auden

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

“A writer will always be a writer. It's not a choice, it's a destiny.”

— Stephanie Lennox

“Most people probably didn't think I'd make it as a professional writer. But I couldn't follow their advice.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Writing, when all is said and done, is an attempt to understand one's own circumstance and to clarify the confusion of existence, including insecurities…

— Isabel Allende

“Writing is not a choice for me, it is a calling.”

— Brenda B. Taylor

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

— Jules Renard 1890

“Writers, to my way of thinking, are no more free in their choices than most people. Our material chooses us; certain things engage us,…

— Tobias Wolff