Convenient Quote by Jeff Baena

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

That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.

— Anne Lamott

I began to write in the first place because I expected everything to change, and I wanted to have things in writing the way…

— William Saroyan

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go to form of communication.

— Frank Ocean

One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position…

— E. L. Doctorow

I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper.

— Simon Van Booy

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

— Chad Harbach

I started writing stories in my spare time.

— Ken Follett

For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.

— Rachel Joyce

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.

— Ashwin Sanghi

Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.

— Finn Wittrock

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

— E. L. Doctorow