Arguing Quote by Jules Feiffer

Writing is the hammer & chisel that breaks down the established way of thinking. A concrete event, then an abstraction. An image, then a…

— Diane Glancy

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

— Alice Childress

Writing means being a fascinated slave to current events.

— Anonymous

“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.”

— Matt Forbeck

Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the next word…

— Renata Adler

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating…

— Bill Watterson

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

— Isabel Allende

“Writing is a form of intense thinking that takes a person on a journey into previously uncharted territory of the writer’s mind.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.

— Francoise Sagan

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

— E. L. Doctorow

The idea of writing, to me, was, from the beginning, was writing something which was a little different from the ordinary exchange of speech.…

— W. S. Merwin

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron