Believe Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

“Writing is a deeply spiritual act that can have a profound effect upon the practitioner.”

— Phyllis Theroux

Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard,…

— Anne Lamott

Writing is a holy chore.

— Harlan Ellison

“I have found a higher calling; inspirational-writing! I can’t imagine myself doing any other work, when I ought to write and transmit, awe-inspiring-words, to…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

No, I don't harbor any mystical ideas about writing, Your Honor, it's work like any other kind of craft; the power of literature, I've…

— Nicole Krauss

I'm afraid I don't think I really have a life on which something can be written.

— Italo Calvino

Writing is primarily a sensuous and creative expression of life.

— Meridel Le Sueur

“Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it. Ignore the authors who say…

— Ray Bradbury

“writing can be used as a vehicle to express ourselves as we negotiate the journey through our lives.”

— Kelly Gallagher

It has always seemed to me that if you could talk about your work in fully-formed phrases, you wouldn't write it. The writing is…

— Hortense Calisher

Writing is making sense of life.

— Nadine Gordimer

I've been writing most of my life; it's just something I do.

— Alejandro Zambra