Crush Quote by Paul Banks

If you're trying to write something that you don't understand and embrace at the very core of you, it's not going to turn out…

— Terrence McNally

Writing stretches me to my limits and affirms my potential, all while making me aware of my flaws, my mortality, and how much more…

— Kit Williamson

When I say that I can write nothing but weird fiction, I am not trying to exalt that medium but am merely confessing my…

— H. P. Lovecraft

As a writer, I try to turn my feelings and experiences into a different form entirely, something that gives me mastery over them and…

— Scott Spencer

I'm not a wildly gifted person; I don't play an instrument or speak another language or have great accomplishments in another field, as many…

— Jennifer Egan

I don't really believe in writer's block or anything like that. If I'm not feeling words, I may pick up an instrument and play…

— Saul Williams

For me writing isn't a mental exercise, it's barely even a literary exercise, it feels like a spiritual experience.

— Ottessa Moshfegh

With writing, I think you have to be honest with yourself. I have a certain kind of writing; that is, I like to really…

— Sylvester Stallone

I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it…

— Anonymous

I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a…

— Haruki Murakami

I try to transmit emotion and soul in my voice, but my true passion has always been writing. I feel more like a writer…

— Romeo Santos

No, I don't harbor any mystical ideas about writing, Your Honor, it's work like any other kind of craft; the power of literature, I've…

— Nicole Krauss