Covert Quote by Edna O'Brien

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

— Jose Saramago

Writing is both my expression to the world and my way to hide from it - you get who I am without actually seeing…

— Paige

What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form.

— Iain Sinclair

I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to not have to write, if I would write. That's the one mystery that I…

— Nick Tosches

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This…

— Michael Hersch

Writing is my hiding place.

— Christel Tait

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an…

— Neil Simon

Why wouldn't you write to escape yourself as much as you might write to express yourself? It's far more interesting to write about others.

— Susan Sontag

When you write, you are alone. It can be a bit of a shock later to discover that people have read what you've written!

— Tara Westover

I write, I write, I always write.

— Tom Araya

For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If you write…

— Matt Haig

I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, "Okay, what if I just locked myself in my room, pretend…

— Andrew Bird