Brain Quote by Marisa Silver

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

— George R. R. Martin

My subconscious does the writing; I don't have control over that.

— Augusten Burroughs

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

— Stephanie Zimbalist

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

— Twinkle Khanna

I always think, when I'm in motion, writing seems like the most natural thing.

— Pam Houston

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

— Don DeLillo

Whatever part of writing that is subconscious is a thing that no one has access to.

— Nathan Englander

Writing is physical for me. I always have the sense that the words are coming out of my body, not just my mind.

— Jonathan Lethem

For me, writing is just a means to an end. It gives me something to do on stage.

— Paul F. Tompkins

Writing, for me, is an extension of thinking - it's my way of processing, and only when I've gotten something down on the page…

— Celeste Ng

I write to explore something that fascinates me, and I write the way I do because it is the only way I know how…

— Cathy Marie Buchanan