Began Quote by Novala Takemoto

I always felt that nobody was going to understand me, going to understand what I felt about things. I guess that's why I started…

— Truman Capote

I realised that I had always been writing things that other people wanted me to write and not what I really wanted to write,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I started writing for myself when I didn't know how to understand how I was feeling, and I didn't know how to talk to…

— Sharon Van Etten

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

— Alice Walker

For me, writing became a way of processing not just my own experiences, but the experiences of other people, and their pain.

— Lisa Joy

I began to write in the first place because I expected everything to change, and I wanted to have things in writing the way…

— William Saroyan

I'm a fan of writing, and writing letters, because I hate when I'm trying to get a thought out, and I can't.

— Jessie Reyez

Once I started writing, I realized just how much I really enjoyed it. I was kinda good at it, so I kept at it.

— Prodigy

I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell, and I…

— Josh Lawson

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I always, at least back then, struggled with emotion in writing. I felt like I could do odd, unusual things, but there wouldn't be…

— Ben Marcus

I started writing things because I don't have anyone to share with or it's hard for me to speak, But the best part people…

— Nishan Panwar