Feelings Quote by S. E. Hinton

I am often asked why I write, and I don't know really--I just want to.

— John Ashbery

I don't know why I write what I write.

— Bret Easton Ellis

You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough.

— Haruki Murakami

“What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. (...) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami

My primary motivation for writing is to communicate my perceptions and insights into the human condition, in a way that may provide understanding, comfort,…

— Vanna Bonta

The only reason I write at all is because I am going through, and growing through, something in my life I want to share…

— Daphne Oz

People ask me why I write. I write to find out what I know.

— Virginia Woolf

I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected…

— J. K. Rowling

Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth…

— Edward Abbey

Writing is a very easy way for me to express myself. When I was still at school, I would write for no reason other…

— Matthew Nable

Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity…

— Jennifer Egan

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

— Atul Gawande