Able Quote by R. A. Lafferty

I try my best to not just avoid cliches but to write with some meaning.

— Amanda Shires

I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both sides and…

— Conor Oberst

I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.

— Roy Lichtenstein

Sometimes I want to convey something complex philosophically, and sometimes I just want to portray myself in a situation that I think other people…

— Harvey Pekar

“My writing, on the other hand, is always done with my readers in mind. I never write for my own amusement. I always try…

— Desmond Morris

When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny…

— Emma Donoghue

I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say…

— Jillian Medoff

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.

— Miranda Lambert

Writers write. That's all it is. It is as simple, and as complex, as that.

— Stephen King

With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out.

— Adora Svitak

My object when writing prose is to write as clearly as possible. I think I know what I'm saying in prose, and I want…

— Pattiann Rogers