Writing Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card…and somehow…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Writing is a bittersweet addiction. The more it drains you; the more replenished you feel, and you crave it even more.”

— Anthea Syrokou

“Some days I dread writing dreadfully, but I do it anyway. I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to writing something better.…

— Anne Quindlen

“My writing, it’s my way of making sense of everything. My way to feel whole. May I never be complete and may I never…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“I eat, breath and sleep and that makes me like everyone else. When I write, I become something much greater than flesh & bone;…

— CK Webb

“Writing is a struggle against the silence where words can have a powerful impact in just a split second and change your life forever........”

— Lisa Jones

“I have no idea what will happen when I write. One night I wrote effortlessly for hours, churning out one brilliant paragraph after another.…

— Rich Ritter

“I felt more like me than I ever had, as if the years I’d lived so far had formed layers of skin and muscle…

— Andre Dubus III

“It's like all of the thoughts and feelings that i had scribbled down were lost along with the journals that held them. But i…

— Kyung-sook Shin

“If writing doesn't come from the heart, the time spent was a waste”

— Dustin Adrian Rhodes

“In the summer, when the days were hot and your writing was good at night, you knew you could find solace in the calm…

— Joseph Kutil

“When life tries to stop you from writing, be relentless!”

— Honoree Corder