Act Quote by Joan Didion

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 weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you.

— Tom King

Writing is about bringing something from inside you that you're trying to say, and not just trying to say something to please someone else.

— Eric Carmen

All writing is an antisocial act, since the writer is a man who can speak freely only when alone; to be himself he must…

— Kenneth Tynan

Writing is a form of talking, although writing is such an odd thing in and of itself. People go about it in such different…

— Errol Morris

I think writing is really a process of communication. . . . It's the sense of being in contact with people who are part…

— Sherley Anne Williams

Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.

— Fay Weldon

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

— Julia Cameron

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think…

— Harper Lee

Writing is a sad process, sitting on your ass for many, many hours, alone in a room, smelling like coffee, sadness and bitterness, and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

'Writing' always means 'not writing' to me because I will do anything to put it off. I think this is mainly because writing anything…

— Catherine Tate

Writing is like anything else - the more you do it, the better you get at it, the easier it comes, and the less…

— Wayne Dyer