Alcohol Quote by Stephen King

time stood still. I fell into that beloved space that writers fall into, the reason most write, as it's better than drugs or alcohol…

— Meg O'Brien

I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm…

— Barry Hannah

I wrote 'Saved' as a form of therapy to get over the fact that I had moved and lost so much of myself.

— Khalid

When things were not going right for me, writing was the only thing that kept my equilibrium right, it has always been a do-it…

— Aditya Dhar

When you ask, Did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.

— Judy Blume

I write less about alcohol, less and less and less. You 're an addict - so of course you write about the thing you…

— Sherman Alexie

I was so thankful that I got to go back to comedy and I felt bad that I had abandoned something that I guess…

— Sandra Bullock

It was failing part of my Ph.D. that led me into novel-writing. By then I was 29, had remarried and had a second baby.…

— Kate Atkinson

Life throws surprises, sorrows, sadness, and hardship, and I think that writing has actually grounded me. It kept me grounded when everything else was…

— Sandra Brown

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I…

— Ernest Gaines

For me, writing became a way of processing not just my own experiences, but the experiences of other people, and their pain.

— Lisa Joy

Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving partner.

— Abi Morgan