Caught Quote by David Bezmozgis

When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.

— Sean Durkin

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

— Suzanne Vega

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the…

— Aimee Bender

A lot of what I write is very personal.

— Elif Batuman

When I'm writing, especially when I'm writing in first person, I don't think about the characterization, or how they are going to express themselves,…

— Richard Matheson

Most of my writing is an effort, one way or another, to figure something out about myself, and often when I read dialogue between…

— Ron Currie Jr

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

— Charlie Kaufman

“A writer must develop a representative voice. A writing voice is reflective of the sum total of his or her cognitive, physical, emotional, and…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached…

— Angel Olsen

I feel like I always learn when I'm writing, even when I'm not writing about myself. I'm careful not to judge; I try to…

— Sarah Gerard