Above Quote by Elif Safak

I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from…

— John Shirley

Writers often have a 'drunk' that is different than anyone else's. That's why it's so insidious and so damning. First of all, because they…

— Debra Winger

Writing seems to rob me of my being: it is a second hand mode of communication, a pallid, mechanical transcript of speech, and so…

— Terry Eagleton

The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests…

— Nathalie Sarraute

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood

Writing is a deeply immersive experience. When the words are flying, the house could be burgled and I wouldn’t notice. I have a low…

— Monica Ali

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

I feel that the act of writing, in and of itself, is a tool towards probing that which you wouldn't without that pen in…

— Paul Auster

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

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

— George R. R. Martin

Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion.

— Rod Serling

Writing is like hunting. There are brutally cold afternoons with nothing in sight, only the wind and your breaking heart. Then the moment when…

— Kate Braverman