Dream Quote by Stephen King

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it…

— C. S. Lewis

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

— George R. R. Martin

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.

— David McCullough

My feeling is that writing is, for me, a pathological condition. That could sound like a mystical experience, and it may be a mystical…

— Alan Garner

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron

Writing for me always requires trickery. Tricking myself into sitting down, letting words tumble out until you find the good ones. It's sort of…

— John Hodgman

Writing without making mistakes is like vomiting hot air.

— Gunter Brus

Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making…

— Pat Conroy

Writing is like pulling your hair out. You have nothing, and you can't think of anything, but you have to think of something.

— Charlie Day

Good writing happens when human beings follow particular steps to take control of their sentences-to make their words do what they want them to…

— Ralph Fletcher