Hand Quote by Herta Muller

Writing is a communication.

— Theodore Sturgeon

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.

— Anais Nin

Writing is a form of talking, although writing is such an odd thing in and of itself. People go about it in such different…

— Errol Morris

A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.

— Ernest Hemingway

Written things are not for speech; their form is literary; they are stiff, inflexible, and will not lend themselves to happy and effective delivery…

— Mark Twain

Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.

— Francoise Sagan

Writing is saying to no one and to everyone the things it is not possible to say to someone.

— Rebecca Solnit

Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.

— Dacia Maraini

Once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

— Beryl Bainbridge

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.

— Jules Renard

“You Can Only Write By Writing”

— Eleazer Ikekwe

To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking.

— Arnold Bennett