Almost Quote by Mike Birbiglia

Writing is tough. It's insanely obsessive work.

— Shane Black

Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful consequences if they…

— Julie Burchill

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff…

— David Sedaris

Writing is like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer. It always feels good when you finish.

— Ray Guy

I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.

— Hanif Kureishi

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it…

— C. S. Lewis

I think if you have the compulsion to write, you're not going to feel whole until you start putting words on paper.

— Lee Kelly

I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.

— Flannery O'Connor

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

— Augusten Burroughs

Writing is like a mental masturbation to me.

— Anonymous

Writing is like hunting. There are brutally cold afternoons with nothing in sight, only the wind and your breaking heart. Then the moment when…

— Kate Braverman

So much of writing is like walking down a dark hallway with your arms out in front of you. You bump into a lot…

— Kate DiCamillo