Myself Quote by Sydney Pollack

The writing process is sort of like when you've got no electricity and you've gotten up in the middle of the night to find…

— Carolyn Chute

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

You can catch a scent in the wind - an idea, or a concept - and follow it. You can delve into your subconscious…

— Lynn Coady

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of…

— George Gissing

The writing process, it's too mysterious to try and describe.

— Mick Jones

Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.

— Fernando Pessoa

When I write after dark the shades of evening scatter their purple through my prose.

— Cyril Connolly

Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odour cannot be fended…

— Patrick Süskind

I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and…

— John Irving

Writing is a lot like making soup. My subconscious cooks the idea, but I have to sit down at the computer to pour it…

— Robin Wells

Often I have the impression that I am writing on paper that is already browning in the licks of the flames.

— Ernst Junger

When you're writing something and you know it's good, you get flushed, you can feel the blood coursing through your veins, you feel alive,…

— Madonna Ciccone