Cant Quote by Leslie Marmon Silko

Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to…

— Zadie Smith

When writing becomes too dominant, it gets leached of its own power. We spend more and more time writing and we have less and…

— Julia Cameron

I think as the world changes, we have to keep up. We have to note what is happening, and I think writing has always…

— Lee Smith

I've got to keep on writing. That's non-negotiable. At the same time, one has to look at the world and recognise that writing is…

— Uzodinma Iweala

Writing only leads to more writing.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

With any piece of writing, you're hoping that it will change something, and it seldom does.

— Ron Chernow

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

— Esther Forbes

I suppose in the long run, it's the good work that outlasts the shoddy work, but there's enough room for all kinds of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

“All writing affects change, whether personal, professional, spiritual, or practical.”

— Miles Tager

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.

— August Wilson

For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life.…

— Alice Walker

Writing is the great invention of the world.

— Abraham Lincoln