Dreams Quote by Gerard Olson

“I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.”

— Evelyn Beatrice Hall

“I didn't always write for a living, and even back when it was my most fondly held dream to one day be able to…

— David Rakoff

“I did not imagine anyone reading my rambling, ranting stories. I was writing for myself, trying to shape my life outside my terrors and…

— Dorothy Allison

“It's funny. Writing is a solitary task, but in order to succeed at it, you need other people.”

— Kim Wright

“I loved the escape of writing those stories, of imagining lives that were different from my own. I had a ferocious imagination. I was…

— Roxane Gay

“It's like all of the thoughts and feelings that i had scribbled down were lost along with the journals that held them. But i…

— Kyung-sook Shin

“I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing, not associating with all the people around me.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Only writing could soak up his loneliness and pain. Written words could tell him who he was.”

— Don DeLillo

“And so I just kept writing to myself.”

— Kimberly Novosel

“I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.”

— J.D. Salinger

“Writing to me is a way to get your feelings and ideas out. It is something everybody is capable of.”

— Katherine Powers

“I felt more like me than I ever had, as if the years I’d lived so far had formed layers of skin and muscle…

— Andre Dubus III