Acres Quote by Jack London

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.

— Jack London

I feel like I could devote myself to far more important things than writing novels.

— Sally Rooney

If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.

— Giacomo Casanova

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories.

— Christine Feehan

Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own…

— Monica Dickens

My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it…

— Karl Ove Knausgaard

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

That is my essential reason for writing, not for fame, not to be celebrated after death, but to heighten and create life all around…

— Anais Nin

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

— Ann Patchett

My writerly aspirations are pretty simple: to provide as many readers as possible with the same sort of wonderful immersion that I myself get…

— Saladin Ahmed

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my…

— Edward Abbey

I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.

— Wally Lamb