Time Quote by Kathryn Barrison

“The best thing about my writing is that it makes me feel alive again. If I am going to be obsessed with self, at…

— David Lloyd

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

— J.D. Salinger

“Writing is a pleasure. And a pain. Sometimes at the same time.”

— Bea Cannon

“The words just start to fall there. And I feel some satisfaction from that. I've never written just for myself. And I've never written…

— David Levithan

“I write for myself first and foremost, but I hope that others will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.”

— Shannon DuBey

“I write because I love how I feel to have written.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

“Writing to me is a way to get your feelings and ideas out. It is something everybody is capable of.”

— Katherine Powers

“I write because there is nothing as joyful as writing, even when the writing is twisted and full of hate, the self-hate that makes…

— Gary Shteyngart

“I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself”

— J.K. Rowling

“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing anything else.”

— Gloria Steinem

“Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it…

— Nora Roberts

“I'm in love with writing, but sometimes I swear it hates me.”

— Buffy Andrews