Domesticity Quote by Paul Theroux

I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.

— William Saroyan

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.

— Mason Cooley

Writers matter in a society to the extent that we can help that society hear its unvoiced longing, encounter its erased and disregarded selves,…

— Adrienne Rich

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

— Fannie Hurst

I am always writing. It is not always good, but if I am writing, I am usually happy.

— Matthew Nable

But a lot of writers - and I'm one of them - do tend to feel dissatisfied. It makes you a little hard to…

— Tobias Wolff

I feel like if writers used writing as therapy we'd have a ton of happy writers.

— Jennifer Gilmore

“Emotional upheavals touch every part of our lives. You don’t just lose a job, you don’t just get divorced. These things affect all aspects…

— Brené Brown

I write because I'm unhappy. I write because it's a way of fighting unhappiness.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed…

— Claire Tomalin

I don't do all that well in the writerly world. I'm happier being outside the flow.

— Nicholson Baker

I am married to a writer, and this - writing - is an odd enterprise. It's something we both support very strongly.

— Siri Hustvedt