Bits Quote by Dorothy Allison

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff…

— David Sedaris

People have to be given permission to write, and they have to be given space to breathe and stumble. They have to be given…

— Toni Cade Bambara

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

— John Cheever

The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up with until…

— Emily Haines

Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about…

— Gunter Grass

There is so much about the process of writing that is mysterious to me, but this one thing I've found to be true: writing…

— Dorianne Laux

Writing is a mysterious activity.

— Susan Sontag

I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there

— Audre Lorde

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

— Robert Hass

I don't write. I usually look for material by other people. Sometimes I change things or adapt things but I don't write from scratch.…

— Clint Eastwood

Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.

— Fay Weldon