Mean Quote by George Saunders

Whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that it all has a big question mark over it - every word…

— George Saunders

I think if you have the compulsion to write, you're not going to feel whole until you start putting words on paper.

— Lee Kelly

When I write, it's almost like it really sets in my brain. I don't ever go back and read it.

— Jon Rahm

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

— Carrie Brownstein

At times I enjoy writing and at others times I just hate it because it's definitely having to go back and experience some pain…

— Axl Rose

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

I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.

— Flannery O'Connor

Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

— Stephanie Zimbalist

Writing is like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer. It always feels good when you finish.

— Ray Guy

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 is sort of putting a puzzle together halfway. Then, performing it has always been the completion of it. Once that happens, I'm feeling…

— Brandi Carlile