Dream Quote by Rose Tremain

Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.

— E. B. White

Writing, when it works, one needs to access whatever it is that creates dreams.

— Steven Knight

When I'm writing I don't dream much; it's like the dreaming gets used in the writing.

— Anonymous

Writing is like pulling your hair out. You have nothing, and you can't think of anything, but you have to think of something.

— Charlie Day

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

Writing is… being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physicality, and…

— Mary Gaitskill

Writing is like meditation or going into an ESP trance, or prayer. Like dreaming. You are tapping into your unconscious. To be fully conscious…

— Carolyn Chute

All writing is dreaming

— Jorge Luis Borges

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron

“Writing allows us to row the mind into new, unanticipated directions, change our stream of consciousness, and alter our very being.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

If I don't write, I begin to feel unsettled and uneasy, as I gather people do who are not allowed to dream.

— J. G. Ballard

Writing is a tool of transformation and can shine the light on the inside, dispelling darkness, taking us through external layers, bringing us closer…

— Hillary Carlip