Basements Quote by Nathaniel Philbrick

I notice inspiration when it comes by. I don't sit down at my desk and try to write.

— Gary Panter

I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.

— Gail Carson Levine

There is a quiet place in Hawaii where, for over thirty years, I've gone to draw inspiration and write many of my books.

— Robert H. Schuller

My writing isn’t a career or a craft or a hobby or anything like that. It is more like a tiny annex to my…

— Gary Lutz

I knew that you couldn't make a living simply writing about the outdoors, so I made an effort from the beginning of my freelance…

— Jon Krakauer

I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I…

— Anne Enright

When you're writing, it's so absorbing. It's like a drop cloth goes over you, and the world outside falls away, but you do have…

— Meg Wolitzer

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

— Richard Paul Evans

I have a writing space in my apartment, but I prefer to write at coffee shops. When I'm stuck, I take a walk and…

— Renee Watson

Writing is a way to shape out visible and invisible, in myself as well as in the world.

— Eppu Nuotio

My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you…

— Anne Lamott

Writing is a strong easement for perplexity. My life is a map, spread out with all the rivers and hills showing.

— Emily Carr