Beaten Quote by Dorianne Laux

The only reason I write at all is because I am going through, and growing through, something in my life I want to share…

— Daphne Oz

Writing is a type of therapy for me. I'm always trying to break down what happened, and why I felt a certain way.

— Lulu Wang

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

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 started to write. And I wrote and wrote all through high school.

— Vera Nazarian

I dunno, when I started writing really I was like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex...…

— Tom Waits

When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the…

— Chantal Kreviazuk

I began to write in the first place because I expected everything to change, and I wanted to have things in writing the way…

— William Saroyan

I had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a story. That story came from the death of my…

— Robert Crais

Writing has been one of the most powerful influences in my life and it always has been since I was a little girl.

— Evangeline Lilly

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great…

— Meg Cabot