Blood Quote by N. Scott Momaday

Writers are a fascinating breed, because there are so many kinds of them, they are made by so many circumstances, conditions, and mysteries, and…

— William Saroyan

I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very lucky that…

— Denise Duhamel

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger

I think, for any writer, when you write, you just write.

— David Farr

Writing is not a special language that belongs to a few sensitive souls who have a 'gift for words'. Writing is the logical arrangement…

— William Zinsser

we should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. we should write because writing…

— Julia Cameron

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

— Jonathan Lethem

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

— Mo Yan

Writing is primarily a sensuous and creative expression of life.

— Meridel Le Sueur

I think each writer has to seek her most energetic prose style. She has to find a way to write so that nobody can…

— George Saunders

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is.

— Irvine Welsh