Essays Quote by Susan Sontag

The essays are different because ultimately it's things I'm interested in, and I'm really just writing about myself and using those subjects as a…

— Chuck Klosterman

I write about what I'm thinking about. I write about what is bothering me or what is a political, aesthetic, or ethical issue or…

— Lynne Tillman

Most good essays are conversations with yourself - not just your decided thoughts but your dilemmas.

— Phillip Lopate

I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

— Chris Abani

I never start with what lots of people think of as a subject or a theme. They're school words, not art words. So, writing…

— Tim Winton

I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.

— Taiye Selasi

I enjoy writing personal essays in the way of Charles Lamb because it goes back to the school days when I was good in…

— Ruskin Bond

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

— Atul Gawande

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.

— Diane Wakoski

I basically have two ways I start writing. Either I'll start with something about myself, or something that happened to me that seemed important,…

— Chelsea Martin

It's easier to write from my own life, and it's also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether they're romantic relationships,…

— Jason Mraz

Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.

— Jill Lepore