Form Quote by Mara Wilson

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write…

— Suzanne Vega

Writers are a fascinating breed, because there are so many kinds of them, they are made by so many circumstances, conditions, and mysteries, and…

— William Saroyan

Writing is nagging, fascinating, troublesome and exciting.

— Mani Ratnam

I don't set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it's about.

— Mitski

When you do something a little bit extreme or weird, it helps make it more interesting and more amenable to being written about.

— Robin Sloan

It's not knowing how to write that makes you interesting, it's what you write.

— Ally Condie

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

— Edward Albee

Writing is a mysterious activity.

— Susan Sontag

Writing relies on very few things, my friend. All you need to write is your brain, a way to convey the story into existence…

— Chuck Wendig

Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny…

— Emma Donoghue

I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly…

— Robert Morgan