Army Quote by Etgar Keret

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

— Brian Lumley

Writing is a solitary occupation, and we like it that way.

— Julianne MacLean

Writing in public gives you that access to a junkyard of details all around you.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be someplace else…

— Stephen King

The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.

— Will Self

Writing is a solitary occupation.

— Bernard Cornwell

Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.

— Andrea Hirata

Writing is my hiding place.

— Christel Tait

The space where writing happens is a unique space that's hard to define, and when you're kicked out of it because you're travelling or…

— Hisham Matar

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Writing is not some quiet, closet act.

— Patti Smith

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.

— Don DeLillo