Frightening Quote by Sting

That's what writing is. It's moving past your fear.

— Jacqueline Woodson

You never get over the fear of writing.

— Maya Angelou

You have to stop living in order to write.

— Martha Gellhorn

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s…

— Paul Auster

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

— Stephen King

Writing can be a lifeline, especially when your existence has been denied, especially when you have been left on the margins, especially when your…

— Micere Githae Mugo

Whatever is going on in your life when you're writing has to somehow seep into your work.

— Kate Bush

Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be someplace else…

— Stephen King

But I'm more scared of not writing.

— Gloria E. Anzaldúa

You won't make a living writing until you learn to write when you don't want to.

— Chelsea Cain

One of my fears is not writing. I don't know how to do anything else.

— Paul Theroux

Life is nearly over with me. I have taken no pains about my style of writing.

— Charles Darwin