I am Quote by Janet Malcolm

I am not a writer except when I write.

— Juan Carlos Onetti

I try not to think too much about my writing process - I tend to feel my way forward and find more insights that…

— Nick Petrie

I used to want to be fully observational, but I'm just not that kind of writer. My process always changes depending on how, when,…

— Brett Dennen

I have always thought of myself as a writer, only because I need things to direct, and I can't not write the things that…

— David Lowery

When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative - thinking of it and then expounding on it.

— Chance The Rapper

While writing, you are more interested in seeing what happens with you in the process, because all that writing is just you sorting through…

— Oz Perkins

Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.

— Charlie Kaufman

I write to relieve an intellectual itch. I stumble across a hitherto neglected set of events, transformations, characters, or source materials from the past,…

— Linda Colley

To be a writer is to connect and to play and to attempt to see clearly and understand. It astounds me regularly that feeling…

— Deb Caletti

I've always defined myself as a writer, I've never decided what it was I was gonna write. [...] I always fancied myself one, but…

— Rob Corddry

I don't know if I am a good, average, or bad writer, but I write fast. Everything I observe, my experiences and imagination come…

— Dhanush

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys…

— Erica Jong