Quote by Shelly Laurenston

“Only writing could soak up his loneliness and pain. Written words could tell him who he was.”

— Don DeLillo

“He had never been good at expressing himself. What he felt was so big it was difficult to find the words, and even if…

— Rachel Joyce

“Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it…

— Nora Roberts

“If one think he can live without writing, perhaps he should not write at all.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“I thought about how people seemed always to keep their distance. And how I always made sure to keep mine. The schoolmaster, Mr. Henderson,…

— Lauren Wolk

“I was a woman and did not yet think of myself as a writer. I was a mapmaker.”

— Shay Youngblood

“He is a writer. He makes the rest of them nervous.”

— Anne Lamott

“He didn't know what he felt. For the first time in his life, his thoughts were a jumble, tossing and turning and writing over…

— Julia Quinn

“I am but little disposed to put things in writing. One almost always regrets doing so.”

— Charles Baudelaire

“If you consider yourself a writer just write.”

— Sara Gran

“I don't think my writing is sentimental, although it is a very sentimental thing to be a human being.”

— William Saroyan

“Sometimes it's impossible to say certain things ... Writing is something needed by man to share experience.”

— Arnost Lustig