Writing Quote by Perry Anderson

“It is necessary to write, that much is clear, and to write in a way quite unlike any way which I have employed before.”

— Iris Murdoch

“Truthful and loyal. A writer has no obligation to be either, but should choose one less one be chosen for her or him.”

— Rowan Ricardo Phillips

“It's been said of writers that if we don't have to write, we ought not to.”

— ChiLibris

“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.”

— WH Auden

“Writing amounts to removing a piece of yourself and exposing it to criticism. The bravery of that action alone deserves to be looked on…

— April Khaito

“When we knowingly write in ways that we would not want others to write to us, we abrade the trust that sustains a civil…

— Joseph M. Williams

“Not all writing is political or revolutionary, but the very act of giving yourself permission to write, to speak, to share the truth no…

— Dinty W. Moore

“Breadwinning and the art of writing must be kept absolutely apart.”

— Anonymous

“I have to write, as if I were carrying out a punishment. And the greatest punishment is to know that whatever I write will…

— Fernando Pessoa

“I have just received your letter, and shall devote this whole morning to answering it, as I foresee that a little writing will not…

— Jane Austen

“The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as for evil, is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected upon.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“If one think he can live without writing, perhaps he should not write at all.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke