Indifference Quote by Mary Wortley Montagu

Sometimes I write well when I'm very upset.

— Alice Mattison

I considered calmly that I was born to write.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do.

— Theodore Sturgeon

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day.

— William Allingham

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.

— William Allingham

I don't tend to write when I'm happy, which I think is pretty obvious.

— Aubrie Sellers

I’m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, I’ve deprioritized the role of writing in my life. I…

— Geoff Dyer

I don't really write beautifully naturally, unlike some people.

— George Saunders

As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

— Shannon Hale

I'm sure other writers have no difficulties writing nice.

— Justine Larbalestier

I'm one of those people who has to write. If I don't write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybody's glad when…

— Libba Bray

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