Body Quote by Julia Michaels

Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.

— Henrik Ibsen

I recommend free writing in the morning and the evening as a type of mental shower.

— Gabrielle Bernstein

When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower,…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I'm a bit like a sponge. When I'm not writing I absorb life like water. When I write I squeeze the sponge a little…

— Georges Simenon

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

When I get into the moment of actually feeling like I want to write, to finish something, I do what I've always read authors…

— Ted Leo

In the shower, with the hot water coming down, you've left the real world behind, and very frequently things open up for you. It's…

— Woody Allen

I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really think it's…

— Etgar Keret

I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.

— Katherine Anne Porter

When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process.

— Lisa Marie Presley

Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.

— Patricia Cornwell

I can't write unless I'm overlooking water.

— Mark Carwardine