Book Quote by Rebecca Solnit

Some people think that writers are innately solitary and that there's a kind of romance to that solitariness. I tend to think that what…

— Richard Ford

Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections.

— Elizabeth Berg

You have to really have a taste for being alone to be a writer.

— Paul Auster

I believe - I know (there are not many things I should care to dogmatize about, on the subject of writing) that writers need…

— Nadine Gordimer

Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language.

— Hilma Wolitzer

“Writers are solitaries by vocation and necessity. I sometimes think the test is not so much talent, which is not as rare as people…

— Rebecca Solnit

Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.

— Ruth Ozeki

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s…

— Paul Auster

While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside the reader.…

— Lauren Groff

I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But…

— Amy Bloom

Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.

— Anneli Rufus

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and…

— Paul Kane