Below Quote by John Banville

I guess what I'm trying to say is that writing is mysterious; you don't ever truly know where it is coming from, so don't…

— Tavi Gevinson

When I write, I usually follow my most inner voice, sometimes called stream of consciousness.

— Lidija Dimkovska

We're [writers] all afraid of writing badly, and there are psychological reasons, like the bad interior of ourselves is somehow being revealed, but we…

— Jennifer Egan

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

“As human beings, we all have a unique perspective on the world , and when you don’t write because you lack the confidence, that…

— Anonymous

When you write, it's just a much more crystalline, compressed version of the voice you think with - though not the one you speak…

— Douglas Coupland

“When a writer has deep thoughts, I expect him to also have a deep voice. And if he doesn’t, he should remain silent and…

— Jarod Kintz

I find that when I am actually writing, I enter a zone of concentration too small to admit my troubles.

— Roger Ebert

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

— Marilyn vos Savant

One of the strangest things about writing well is that it requires two different zones in the brain--rigor and recklessness--simultaneously.

— Carole Maso

“Writing is not about the voices in your head, but the voices that make the great leap to the page.”

— J.H. Glaze

“To the average person, voices in your head may be worrisome, especially if you answer them out loud, but to a writer, these voices…

— Megan Denby