Focus Quote by Peter Straub (Author

“When a man writes on a wall, his instinct leads him to write above the level of his own eyes.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Writing gets me high on words.”

— Lena Karynn Tesla

“If you want to write, you've got to shut yourself up in a room and write.”

— Larry Brown

“Sometimes it takes heart to write about a thing, doesn't it? To let that thing out of the room way in the back of…

— Stephen King

“Writing is what happens when the words in your head are overpowered by the words in your heart.”

— J.L. Bond

“I want my writing to be as clear as water I can see through so that what I experienced is told without my being…

— John Cage

“I have raged at the wall growing between myself and others. I expect intuitive, miraculous understanding, or else I’m disillusioned and don’t want to…

— Anaïs Nin

“I am afraid of writing, too, because when I write I am always moving toward the unarticulated, the dangerous, the place where the walls…

— Siri Hustvedt

“Writing cleanses the mind.”

— Terri Bertha

“The conclusion to be drawn is that I am happiest writing in small rooms. They make me feel comfortable and secure. And it took…

— Danielle Steel

“Every fucking corner of everything you write is precious, if it isn't why would you write it?”

— Theresa Rebeck

“Writing is like talking without anyone to interrupt you.”

— Carol Morgan