Choices Quote by James Lee Burke

I write about living, not dying.

— John Diamond

I write because I want to have more than one life.

— Anne Tyler

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing.

— Paul Auster

It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write…

— Sarah McLachlan

Because in fact I only lived to write, see no sense in life, have only forced "interests," wish every night, not urgently but quite…

— James Gould Cozzens

You're writing your life as you go - the question becomes, how do you want to write your life?

— Hill Harper

I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas,…

— Amy Tan

If I don't have time for the writing, it's because I'm not making that time. It's really just a question of whether you want…

— David Whyte

- I don't want to be a writer so I can write about my life. I want to be a writer to escape from…

— Candace Bushnell

You can't live and write at the same time.

— Alison Bechdel

You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.

— Carlos Fuentes

You won't make a living writing until you learn to write when you don't want to.

— Chelsea Cain