Heart Quote by Jennifer Stone

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

— Kiran Desai

Writing seems to rob me of my being: it is a second hand mode of communication, a pallid, mechanical transcript of speech, and so…

— Terry Eagleton

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it…

— C. S. Lewis

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron

Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your…

— Joan Didion

Writing is like meditation or going into an ESP trance, or prayer. Like dreaming. You are tapping into your unconscious. To be fully conscious…

— Carolyn Chute

Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly.

— Anne Lamott

Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love.

— Julia Cameron

Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak.

— Twinkle Khanna

Writing is the crack through which you can crawl into a bigger world, into your wild mind.

— Natalie Goldberg

Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul.

— Isabel Allende