Thinking Quote by Erin McKeown

As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.

— St. Lucia

I didn't start writing in order to express myself. If anything the opposite was true. I was just as interested in negating the I…

— Rob Chapman

I'm never really conscious of what I'm being influenced by when I'm writing.

— Jon Hopkins

I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.

— Michiko Kakutani

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

— Ralph Keyes

Writing is the delicate, difficult, and dangerous means of succeeding in avowing the unavowable.

— Helene Cixous

I can't conceive of nursing babies and taking care of children and writing, too. I know there are writers that do that, but I'm…

— Ellen Gilchrist

One of the things I constantly think about as a writer is the way in which people are full of contradictions - there's all…

— Justin Cronin

If I believe in anything when it comes to writing, and I can't stress enough that I detest writing, it's something that sticks with…

— Gary Lutz

I just try and do something good. But as a writer, you're slightly out of control.

— Peter Morgan

I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.

— R. Kelly