Enough Quote by Sophie Kennedy Clark

I do different work, teaching and running around visiting universities and bookstores, and that prevents me from writing. But it's nice to be wanted…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Writing can be a very solitary profession, and when deadlines are looming, it's tempting to glue myself to my desk, but I try to…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address…

— Anthony Minghella

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

You know, you lose a lot of social skills if you’re a writer. You spend too long alone. And it’s forced me to address…

— Anthony Minghella

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.

— Gloria Steinem

I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.

— Michiko Kakutani

So many writers live their whole lives in rooms. You can be too civilised in the environment you have around you, too oriented towards…

— Lawrence Osborne

It's not easy to make friends when you're an adult writer outside of academia, especially when you work alone in a little room for…

— Lauren Groff

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But…

— Garrison Keillor

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

— Steve Toltz