Because Quote by Gloria Steinem

We choose to be writers because we don't want to talk.

— Gloria Steinem

I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell, and I…

— Josh Lawson

I always dread the process of writing because I'm not a writer. I'm an audible guy, I'm a verbal guy. I love to talk.…

— T.C. Boyle

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins

Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.

— Robert Gottlieb

I went through a phase where I wanted to be a writer... but it's not social enough.

— Sophie Kennedy Clark

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Writers that don't write, end up talking to themselves...”

— Carina Round

I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I needed to tell.

— Sefi Atta

I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer.

— Patricia Clarkson

I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.

— Mat Kearney

I am not a writer except when I write.

— Juan Carlos Onetti