Came Quote by James Salter

For me, writing is something that I need to do. If I'm not writing, I'm not happy.

— Crystal Hana Kim

When things were not going right for me, writing was the only thing that kept my equilibrium right, it has always been a do-it…

— Aditya Dhar

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

— Paul Auster

Writing from life is how I feel most comfortable.

— Julien Baker

I decided if I couldn't be a writer, my life would be miserable. I had this imaginary room of references to all the books…

— Per Petterson

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

— Fannie Hurst

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

— Anne Tyler

To say that I enjoyed writing... is like saying I enjoy having fingers and toes. It's difficult to imagine life without them.

— Dennis Covington

Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing.

— Mary Gauthier

I'm very unhappy when I'm not writing.

— Doris Lessing

I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life.

— Linda Ronstadt

Paradoxically, the only thing that helps when I'm feeling despairing about writing is to write.

— Laura van den Berg