Careful Quote by Sarah Gerard

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

Part of what I love so much about writing is learning about people who are unlike myself and going to places in my writing…

— Nia DaCosta

I often feel like that with the way I portray myself I come off as looking much worse than any of the other characters.…

— Marie Calloway

When you realize the writers start writing to who you are, you're basically reading reviews of yourself. And then it becomes this cyclical nightmare…

— Ben Feldman

Naturally, I've always felt more like a writer myself, and I've always written. I have people who are writers who've been promoting that side…

— Craig Bierko

I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached…

— Angel Olsen

In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try not to…

— Ken Liu

I always try and find new things to think about and address. That really opens you up as a writer. I can write a…

— Rick Springfield

The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can…

— Peter Gould

It's that kind of thing that readers have. I have it as a reader myself: that expectation that the writer will be that person.…

— Irvine Welsh

I always thought that I was a terrible writer. And I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing.…

— Marion Cotillard

I feel like I've gotten to the point in my career and in my life where I can allow myself to write whatever comes…

— Amanda Palmer