Accept Quote by Jamaica Kincaid

For me, writing isn't a way of being public or private; it's just a way of being. The process is always full of pain,…

— Jamaica Kincaid

For me, writing in public is actually super energizing and so much fun. Especially when writing can typically be really painful and certainly hard,…

— Robin Sloan

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This…

— Michael Hersch

Writing the novel felt so private to me! I think publishing a novel is quite public and exposing, and what's a little frightening to…

— Garth Greenwell

For me, writing is a solitary thing and a personal thing. And it's weird, because when you make something that requires money and collaborators,…

— Mike White

There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access. But ultimately,…

— Laura van den Berg

I find the public reaction to writing - it's fascinating in this modern age. Of course people are able to interact with me and…

— John Gimlette

I don't like writing in front of a lot of people, it has to be an intimate experience with people I trust.

— LIZ

Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings.

— Jewel

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

— Cyril Connolly

If you're writing, you're starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that it's for other people - that…

— Lena Dunham

I like to think that I'm one of the few people in public life who write their own material. I write every word. And…

— Ed Koch