Can do Quote by Eden Robinson

I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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

There is a big part of me that has a writer's sensibility. And so that's how I think. That's how I pursue truth. That's…

— Barack Obama

You just have to make sure you're writing about something that's true. It has to be honest and it has to have a real…

— Teddy Thompson

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other…

— Anonymous

You cannot control what people say, think, and write about you.

— Erling Haaland

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

— Ronald Frame

Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.

— Richard Paul Evans

When you write, you're supposed to go stand somewhere else for a while, see things from a perspective that's not in line with your…

— Catherine Brady

You just go straight for the reality of the situation. So when I sit down to write, I find myself judging it as I'm…

— Lennon Parham

As a writer, you have control: You can play around with your own thoughts and when you find those insufficient, draw upon others': their…

— Marty Nemko

I don't feel that I have to control every aspect of things that I appear in. You learn a lot performing someone else's writing.

— Steve Carell