Always Quote by Paul Auster

Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.

— 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

Writing is like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer. It always feels good when you finish.

— Ray Guy

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it…

— C. S. Lewis

Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.

— Anne Tyler

Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle ball.

— George Meyer

Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent.…

— Shelby Steele

I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that.

— David Rakoff

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

Writing is like a mental masturbation to me.

— Anonymous

I always think, when I'm in motion, writing seems like the most natural thing.

— Pam Houston

When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer…

— Rick Riordan