Balls Quote by George Meyer

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control… I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood

Writing is one of the main ways that I process the experience.

— Jennifer Pharr Davis

All experience helps when you write.

— Jerome Lawrence

I think it's easier for me to write from experience.

— Phoebe Bridgers

Writing doesn’t get easier with experience. The more you know, the harder it is to write.

— Tim O'Brien

Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.

— Anne Tyler

I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.

— Michael Connelly

Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent.…

— Shelby Steele

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.

— Miranda Lambert

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

— Julia Cameron

It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating.

— Carrie Brownstein