Language Quote by Joy Williams

Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.

— Franz Kafka

We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must.…

— Anne Lamott

“Solitude, competitiveness and grief are the unavoidable lot of a writer only when there is no organization or network to which he can turn.”

— Toni Morrison

The solitude of writing is a solitude without which writing could not be produced, or would crumble, drained bloodless by the search for something…

— Marguerite Duras

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

You can't write an image, a metaphor, a story, a phrase, without leaning a little further into the shared world, without recognizing that your…

— Jane Hirshfield

Writing about the unholy is one way of writing about what is sacred.

— Clive Barker

Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is…

— Anais Nin

Writing is a solitary occupation.

— Bernard Cornwell

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

— Theodor Adorno

“We write to expose the unexposed. Most human beings are dedicated to keeping that one door shut. But the writer's job is to see…

— Ann Lamott

Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home…

— Natasha Trethewey