Language Quote by Gao Xingjian

Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me.

— Bei Dao

Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak.

— Twinkle Khanna

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

— Gao Xingjian

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron

Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.

— E. B. White

Writing is… being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physicality, and…

— Mary Gaitskill

Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery.

— Natalie Goldberg

Writing is something that's great because you get to write every thought that's on your mind; you take your time.

— Kendra Wilkinson

Writing is like pulling your hair out. You have nothing, and you can't think of anything, but you have to think of something.

— Charlie Day

“Writing means organizing your thoughts. If your mind is scattered, your writing is scattered. If your mind is focused, your writing will be clear.…

— Robert Peate

Nothing you write is ever lost to you. At some other level your mind is working on it.

— Erica Jong

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

— Craig Claiborne