Believe Quote by Paul Auster

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

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

— George R. R. Martin

“Writers use both their blood and their brains to explore the darkest recesses of their pooling self. Writing allows us to harness the whimsy…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

There are two kinds of writers, those who are and those who aren't. With the first, content and form belong together like soul and…

— Karl Kraus

Writing seems to rob me of my being: it is a second hand mode of communication, a pallid, mechanical transcript of speech, and so…

— Terry Eagleton

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

— Ralph Keyes

Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.

— Florence King

“Writing is about allowing yourself to become a vessel of creativity. Writers are avatars of creation. We have tender hearts, and strong emotions. It's…

— Sai Marie Johnson

As a young kid I assumed that everybody was sort of on the same wavelength as I was and then I found out in…

— George Saunders

There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

— Jeanette Winterson

Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.

— E. B. White

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff…

— David Sedaris