Antisocial Quote by Martha Grimes

All writing is an antisocial act, since the writer is a man who can speak freely only when alone; to be himself he must…

— Kenneth Tynan

The great thing about writing is that...you can do all these antisocial things and you get paid for them and nobody ever arrests you…

— Stephen King

To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.

— Paul Theroux

Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.

— Fay Weldon

Writing is not some quiet, closet act.

— Patti Smith

Writing is a form of activism.

— Angie Thomas

I think writing is a very political act. I think that any writer who says it's not, is simply a writer who is disavowing…

— Mohsin Hamid

Writing is a mode of agency in the world that is different from mere employment. There has to be some sort of ethical or…

— Aleksandar Hemon

The business of writing is empathising with situations that aren't your own.

— Richard North Patterson

“writing is a sustained act of empathy.”

— Andre Dubois

Not-writing is a good deal worse than writing.

— Flannery O'Connor

Writing, at its heart, is a solitary pursuit, designed to make people depressoids, drug addicts, misanthropes, and antisocial weirdos.

— Mindy Kaling