Body Quote by John Updike

“Writing was born as the maidservant of human consciousness, but is increasingly becoming its master.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Writing is reverse metamorphosis. One entombs a beautiful idea in a chrysalis of paper or electronic bits and bites, and when you’re through, it…

— Kermit E. Heartsong

“Writing starts with living.”

— Anonymous

Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery.

— Henry Miller

Writing is making sense of life.

— Nadine Gordimer

Writing is like carrying a fetus.

— Edna O'Brien

our finest writing will certainly come from what is unregenerate in ourselves. It will come from the part that is obdurate, unbanishable, immune to…

— Bonnie Friedman

Everything starts with writing.

— Mel Brooks

“Writing is all at once an exploration of what is, and what is not. Of the known, and the unknown. A journey into the…

— Madelaine Standing

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing.

— Anonymous

“A story is nothing more than a reproduction of the order of the world on a purely verbal scale. A replica of life, if…

— Ricardo Piglia

“Writing is not just a process of creation. It is also a process of self-discovery”

— Cristina Istrati