Ancestor Quote by Sandra Cisneros

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

— Layne Staley

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

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion.

— Rod Serling

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

— John Ashbery

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse…

— Maya Angelou

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This…

— Michael Hersch

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse…

— Maya Angelou

Why do I love writing? I can be who I want, do what I want, hurt who I want, and make the world over,…

— Mark Rubinstein

Our main purpose of writing is so we don't feel alone and that others don't feel alone.

— Stephanie Land

I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

— Cormac McCarthy

I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I…

— Julianna Baggott