Another Quote by Derek Walcott

Finally, I began to write about becoming an older woman and the trepidation it stirred. The small, telling "betrayals" of my body. The stalled,…

— Sue Monk Kidd

I started writing 'Leaves Of Grass' when my professional life was falling apart somewhat. I just had a movie implode in pre-production. And so…

— Tim Blake Nelson

“Many of us are driven to write through experiences born from pain, generating a need to uniquely express our own inner turmoil. Light-hearted inspiration…

— Keith Steinbaum

I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

— Max Lucado

“I suppose I've never set out to write a novel in which nothing happens . . . only to write a novel about the…

— Alice McDermott

“The writer was able to capture many of the feelings that I actually had as a abandoned and then adopted child. Actually I have…

— David Brodzinsky

“On my coffee table at home, I have a piece of driftwood. Its sole purpose is to display a quote by Anaïs Nin, which…

— Timothy Ferriss

I really feel like there have been moments of some level of creative nonfiction. I have kind of had to explain or justify some…

— Rachel Dolezal

I think my writing process changes as I gain more life experience... It has taken me many years to be able to write a…

— Kathleen Winter

What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.

— Ted Hughes

In the short stories - if I can make a very lumpy contrast - in the short stories I feel like the lives of…

— Charles D'Ambrosio

I think what happens to young writers is that they use up every life experience that they have had up to that point for…

— Lee Smith