Boring Quote by Paul Theroux

Writing is nagging, fascinating, troublesome and exciting.

— Mani Ratnam

A writer has to write something that they're - sit down with or are interested in every day of their life.

— Charles Bock

All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they…

— Norman MacCaig

I don't set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it's about.

— Mitski

Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.

— Laura Z. Hobson

The whole excitement for writing anything is quite intense. And for a day or two, you think you've done everything extremely well. The problems…

— Tom Stoppard

I'm not like some other writers: I have no actual urgent need or desire to add to what's written. You write it; if you're…

— Tom Stoppard

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins

Writers write about what worries them.

— Alistair MacLeod

You have to have passion for a subject to write about it. You can't expect your readers to feel any excitement if it's nothing…

— Leonard Mlodinow

Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the next word…

— Renata Adler

People think you have to go through something to write about it, and you absolutely do not. You can write about, like, a shoe.…

— Billie Eilish