Better Quote by Sheila Heti

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

When I'm writing something, if there's a part that's good for me, then I'll play it. Otherwise, I don't. And I notice that there…

— Woody Allen

I think all of the decisions I make about my life and writing are the preparation - what I choose to write about and…

— Quiara Alegria Hudes

I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love.

— May Sarton

For me, writing plays is far more an act of the mind than of the emotions. It's a very different kind of impulse than…

— Jim Grimsley

To be a writer is to connect and to play and to attempt to see clearly and understand. It astounds me regularly that feeling…

— Deb Caletti

For me writing isn't a mental exercise, it's barely even a literary exercise, it feels like a spiritual experience.

— Ottessa Moshfegh

I'm not a wildly gifted person; I don't play an instrument or speak another language or have great accomplishments in another field, as many…

— Jennifer Egan

The thing I know how to do most is write a play. I came up loving plays and learning about plays and writing plays.…

— Aaron Sorkin

I've always felt a great affinity with music. I've felt myself to be more of a musician than anything else, though I'm not proficient…

— Sam Shepard

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.

— Sheryl Crow

I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of…

— Stephenie Meyer