Born Quote by Etty Hillesum

Some writers are only born to help another writer write one sentence.

— Ernest Hemingway

Actually, when I write, there is a feeling of necessity, of something that is stronger than myself that demands that I must write as…

— Jacques Derrida

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

— John Cheever

Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.

— Elie Wiesel

Perhaps the act of writing is necessary when nothing happens.

— Kobo Abe

Writing must always have intention because words have power.

— Suheir Hammad

“A writer's life and work are not a gift to humankind; they are its necessity.”

— Toni Morrison

“The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, and it smells good. Writing is mere writing,…

— Annie Dillard

Good writers are of necessity rare.

— George Henry Lewes

If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.

— Hugh Prather

Writing is making sense of life.

— Nadine Gordimer

In the life of a real writer, nothing is ever lost, no word you write is a waste of your time or energy.

— Larry Brooks