Age Quote by Lois Lowry

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to…

— Amy Tan

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes…

— Jacqueline Woodson

The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story…

— Nick Earls

Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little,…

— Octavia Butler

I've always wanted to write a book. And it turned out that it was more about finding a story that I felt I was…

— Hank Green

I write my own stories. I like telling stories to little children. I think the good thing about stories is they carry you to…

— Georgie Henley

I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty.…

— David Guterson

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

— Jack Prelutsky

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to…

— Octavia E. Butler

I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and…

— David Suchet

The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that.…

— Vikram Seth

I write books to open people's minds, to present new perspectives, to make people realize that what they think is obvious is not so…

— Olga Tokarczuk