Brother Quote by Stacey Abrams

Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.

— Fay Weldon

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

— Moliere

I took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Writing is something that you can never do as well as it can be done. It is a perpetual challenge and it is more…

— Ernest Hemingway

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

— Jan Karon

I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.

— Damien Chazelle

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

— Maureen Johnson

Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.

— Julia Cameron

The great thing about writing is that...you can do all these antisocial things and you get paid for them and nobody ever arrests you…

— Stephen King

Writing is like going to bed with a beautiful woman and afterwards she gets up, goes to her purse and gives me a handful…

— Charles Bukowski

Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own…

— Monica Dickens

Writing is a mode of agency in the world that is different from mere employment. There has to be some sort of ethical or…

— Aleksandar Hemon