Essayist Quote by Kilroy J. Oldster

“..the writer’s obsession – the desire to know and communicate, or, rather, to know everything so as to communicate with the greatest degree of…

— Ivan Klima

Writing is putting one's obsessions in order.

— Jean Grenier

“Writing is my passion, expression and an incessant obsession.”

— Pushpa Rana

For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.

— Vikram Seth

We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to their obsessions…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I try to tell student writers to read as much as possible, not only literature but philosophy, theory, and to form obsessions. There's a…

— Kate Zambreno

“Good writing arises out of obsession. With obsession there is emotional depth and a certain weight and gravity to the language and story. Without…

— Fred Arroyo

“A writer writes knowing that nothing else will elicit the same kind of satisfaction and personal triumph as molding the written word into a…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Writing is a concentrated form of thinking. I don’t know what I think about certain subjects, even today, until I sit down and try…

— Don DeLillo

The habit of committing our thoughts to writing is a powerful means of expanding the mind, and producing a logical and systematic arrangement of…

— William Blaikie

“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization. The words…

— Nicholas Carr

Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be…

— Natalie Goldberg