Actualization Quote by Danielle Trussoni

Writing is a form of self-flagellation.

— William Styron

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think…

— Harper Lee

The idea of writing, to me, was, from the beginning, was writing something which was a little different from the ordinary exchange of speech.…

— W. S. Merwin

Many novice writers, students in particular, think that writing is little more than copying down their self-talk, the palaver of the voices they hear…

— Richard Rhodes

As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was…

— Joan Didion

What I'm trying to say is that a lot that lies behind being able to live the writing life is psychological and wrapped up…

— Nathan Englander

I started writing as a child. But I didn't think of myself actually writing until I was in college. And I had gone to…

— Alice Walker

“Writing allows a person to explore both physical reality and the internal workings of their mind. Writing places us in touch with our unconsciousness.…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell, and I…

— Josh Lawson

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

— E. L. Doctorow

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.

— Bob Schieffer

I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I…

— Julianna Baggott