Writing Quote by Darrell Pitt

“I wanted to try to build a bridge of words between me and that world outside, that world which was so distant and elusive…

— Richard Wright

“Having destroyed all my connections, burned my bridges, I should feel a certain freedom, and in fact I do. One so intense I am…

— Emil Cioran

“Writing is a pleasure. And a pain. Sometimes at the same time.”

— Bea Cannon

“We all struggle to find meaning in a sometimes painful world.”

— Scott Jurek

“Of course, I tried to surround myself with other people like me whose dream of writing was a constant burden....”

— Gerard Olson

“Writing was a defeat, it was a humiliation, it was coming face-to-face with yourself and seeing you weren't good enough.”

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“Perhaps one of the writer's tasks is to weave himself into others' pain.”

— Julius Lester

“I think it was the first real pain I ever felt in my life, he would tell the others. It wasn't what I thought…

— Stephen King

“It’s hard to cross boundaries at first, especially if there’s pain in your past. And who among us escapes pain?”

— Jessica Lemmon

“The underlying reason for writing is to bridge the gulf between one person and another.”

— W.H. Auden

“I think it was the first real pain I ever felt in my life...It wasn't what I thought it would be at all. It…

— Stephen King

“Maybe that's what writers do- Maybe they exaggerate pain just so that you feel okay about what you're feeling.”

— Sanhita Baruah