Doe Quote by Donald Margulies

Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.

— Daniel Pinkwater

Writing is a communication.

— Theodore Sturgeon

Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not…

— Sol Stein

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins

There's an old adage in writing: 'Don't tell, but show.' Writing is not psychology. We do not talk 'about' feelings. Instead the writer feels…

— Natalie Goldberg

Writing is like anything else - the more you do it, the better you get at it, the easier it comes, and the less…

— Wayne Dyer

Why are some things easier to write than say?

— Ally Condie

To write something you have to feel it and know it, and that's not comfortable.

— Michael Morpurgo

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

— Carlos Fuentes

I like to focus on stories that need to be told and are not told enough. When I get bit by that bug, and…

— Danai Gurira

Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the next word…

— Renata Adler

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.

— Jules Renard