Doe Quote by Rita Dove

A lot of writing is everybody being revealed, but the reader should feel like only they are being revealed.

— Torrey Peters

Writing always means hiding something in such a way that it then is discovered.

— Italo Calvino

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

— Rick Moody

“There is only so much revealing one can do. For every self-revelation, there has to be a self-concealment. A life-long commitment to writing involves…

— Susan Sontag

Here's the secret of writing: there is no secret.

— Ralph Fletcher

Writing is a mysterious activity.

— Susan Sontag

“I write to discover. I write to uncover. I write to meet my ghosts... I write because it is dangerous, a bloody risk, like…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

— Lee Child

“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.”

— Matt Forbeck

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Well, the secret to writing is writing. It's only a secret to people who don't want to hear it. Writing is how you be…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Writing can be a bit like unfolding something...Slowly, the writer reveals what's happening. But that's only half of what's going on. Writers are very…

— Michael Rosen