Body Quote by Natalie Goldberg

Writing is putting one's obsessions in order.

— Jean Grenier

We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to their obsessions…

— Chang-Rae Lee

If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed.

— Marguerite Young

Writers write about what worries them.

— Alistair MacLeod

I feel that there are two kinds of writers. I feel that there are writers who are storytellers and then there are those just…

— Steve Toltz

Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.

— John Banville

“To have the beginning of a truly great story, you need to have a character you're completely and utterly obsessed with. Without obsession, to…

— Jennifer Salaiz

“The writer’s obsessions are twofold. First, communicate their thoughts onto paper with a great degree of precision in order accurately to express everything that…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

How many writers are there... who, breaking up their subject into details, destroy its life, and defraud us of the whole by their anxiety…

— John Henry Newman

I've heard some writers say that they are obsessed with certain ideas and that they find themselves writing around the same obsession again and…

— Jesmyn Ward

When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were writing encyclopedia…

— Jerome Stern

Writers 'get started' the day they are born. The minds they bring into the world with them are the amazing machines their stories will…

— Lois Duncan