Consequence Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

Writing is a mysterious activity.

— Susan Sontag

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger

Writing is a tool of transformation and can shine the light on the inside, dispelling darkness, taking us through external layers, bringing us closer…

— Hillary Carlip

Writing is a supernatural thing.

— Silas House

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

— Joy Williams

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

— E. L. Doctorow

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

— Ralph Ellison

Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul.

— Isabel Allende

Writing is a journey into the unknown.

— Charlie Kaufman

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it…

— C. S. Lewis

Writing is not a mystery. It is a craft like any other, and it can be learned.

— Robert Scholes

There is so much about the process of writing that is mysterious to me, but this one thing I've found to be true: writing…

— Dorianne Laux