Best Quote by Lyle Kessler

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

What I do in the writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart and skin of a human being…

— Eudora Welty

I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.

— Alison Tyler

Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak.

— Twinkle Khanna

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say…

— Andrew Greeley

That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.

— Anne Lamott

I'm not reading what I write when I wrote. It's an unconscious outpouring that's a mess, and it's many, many steps away from anything…

— Jennifer Egan

“Writers use both their blood and their brains to explore the darkest recesses of their pooling self. Writing allows us to harness the whimsy…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

When I write for myself, I think about myself and draw from my own experience.

— Bonnie McKee

Whatever is going on in your life when you're writing has to somehow seep into your work.

— Kate Bush

When I start writing, my unconscious, my conflicts, my thoughts all start to come up. So for me, writing is an exploration. I never…

— Janet Fitch

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.

— St. Lucia