Great saying by great authors Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in…

— Henry David Thoreau

It occurred to me that for a long time I tried not to write about my own backyard and my home. I suppose I…

— Tim Cahill

In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the Santa Monica…

— Mona Simpson

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

— Samuel Rogers

My life was a wandering; I never had a homeland. It was a matter of being constantly tossed about, without rest; nowhere and never…

— Anonymous

Thus was my first year's life in the woods completed; and the second year was similar to it. I finally left Walden September 6th,1847.

— Henry David Thoreau

I lived somewhat of a nomadic life, even when I lived in Ohio. We spent time in rural areas, in suburban areas, never really…

— Haley Bennett

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no…

— Peter Carey

I didn't intend to be writing - the writer's life. I was just writing what came to me at the time, but it is…

— Sandra Cisneros

I don't see myself as some kind of lone figure standing out there and doing my work in solitary splendour, but as part of…

— Jeanette Winterson

I would get a lot of writing done if I lived in isolation in a cave under a swamp.

— Claire Cameron

I knew that you couldn't make a living simply writing about the outdoors, so I made an effort from the beginning of my freelance…

— Jon Krakauer