Brilliant Quote by Maya Angelou

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse…

— Maya Angelou

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans — because we can. We have some impulse…

— Maya Angelou

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“...because writing is fundamentally an act of reaching out from self to other. It is a reminder that we are not alone in the…

— Alicia Rasley

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

— John Cheever

Writing is a way of life. I do it because it's a way of experiencing the world, and trying to come to terms with…

— Emily Perkins

The only reason we write - well, the only reason why I write; maybe I shouldn't generalize - is so that I can find…

— Sandra Cisneros

I am often asked why I write, and I don't know really--I just want to.

— John Ashbery

People like me write because otherwise we are pretty inarticulate. Our articulation is our writing.

— William Trevor

Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us…

— William Zinsser

My primary motivation for writing is to communicate my perceptions and insights into the human condition, in a way that may provide understanding, comfort,…

— Vanna Bonta

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This…

— Michael Hersch