Book Quote by Maxine Hong Kingston

For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation…

— Ruth Ozeki

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

— Philip Roth

When I get into the moment of actually feeling like I want to write, to finish something, I do what I've always read authors…

— Ted Leo

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

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.

— Alexandre Desplat

I sometimes think about writing just to keep my mind active when I'm not working, but I don't think I would be good enough.

— Ruby Bentall

I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.

— Maya Angelou

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers…

— Amish Tripathi

Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.

— Howard Shore

I suppose I have an active imagination, and writing allows me to live it out.

— Richard Paul Evans

Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful.

— Ruth Ozeki

Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness,…

— Clara Schumann