Time Quote by Karl Ove Knausgård

“For me, writing was the only way out.”

— Anne Tyler

“Writing is a lonely are at times, we spend so much of our time locked in a room and never know if we are…

— Hubert Selby Jr

“When I'm writing I don't want anyone else in the room - including myself.”

— Jonathan Franzen

“whatever I was writing, I was always trying to write my way back to you.”

— Lauren Oliver

“Until I knew that it was you inside me, who has so much to say, I hesitated writing.”

— Nishikant

“Writing is the only way to run away from home, without ever leaving.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.”

— J.D. Salinger

“One thing I love about writing is that in that moment, I am most completely myself, and yet totally relieved of my self.”

— Kathryn Barrison

“If every time you sat down, you expected something great, writing would always be a great disappointment. Plus that expectation would also keep you…

— Natalie Goldberg

“I never wanted to write for writing alone, but for the story, for the characters, and most of all for the escape.”

— Kimberly Humphreys

“I couldn't stand to be alone, yet I didn't want anyone to witness my dailiness, an indiscriminate collage of fragments, random encounters.”

— Dodie Bellamy

“Of course, I tried to surround myself with other people like me whose dream of writing was a constant burden…”

— Gerard Olson