I can Quote by Karen Russell

Writing is making sense of life.

— Nadine Gordimer

Writing is primarily a sensuous and creative expression of life.

— Meridel Le Sueur

For me, writing clarifies things. It gives meaning, and it makes me see the connections.

— Firoozeh Dumas

Writing objects to the lie that life is small. Writing is a cell of energy. Writing defines itself. Writing draws its viewer in for…

— Jeanette Winterson

Writing makes everything else in my life okay; it makes everything make sense.

— Sheila Heti

I write to make sense of things that dont make sense to me.

— Daphne Gottlieb

I write to make sense of things that don't make sense to me.

— Daphne Gottlieb

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

— Nadine Gordimer

What is writing but an expression of my own life?

— Zane Grey

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

— Don DeLillo

For me, writing is just a means to an end. It gives me something to do on stage.

— Paul F. Tompkins

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

— John Cheever