Exercise Quote by Ottessa Moshfegh

Writing is like a mental masturbation to me.

— Anonymous

Writing is physical for me. I always have the sense that the words are coming out of my body, not just my mind.

— Jonathan Lethem

Writing is writing. It is all about telling stories, and I've been doing that for so long, in all realms, that it all feels…

— Daveed Diggs

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood

Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout.

— Philipp Meyer

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

— Stephanie Zimbalist

My feeling is that writing is, for me, a pathological condition. That could sound like a mystical experience, and it may be a mystical…

— Alan Garner

I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card…and somehow…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.

— Alan Moore

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.

— Sheryl Crow

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in…

— Paul Auster