Attention Quote by Tracy Chapman

Writing isn't a job so much as a compulsion. I've been writing since I was very young because for some strange reason, I must…

— Siri Hustvedt

I write not because I've to, I write because I'm compelled too. I love what I do, I see purpose in the words I…

— Jeremy Limn

I try not to be too precious about my writing, and I try to be willing to walk away from it for a few…

— Maggie O'Farrell

It's so easy, as a writer, to get stuck in your own head, to live in the little worlds you create. To forget that…

— Celeste Ng

I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go…

— Leslie Marmon Silko

As a writer, I don't have a sense of my own position. I try to disappear and not to think of myself at all…

— David Milch

One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another…

— Anne Lamott

Actually, when I write, there is a feeling of necessity, of something that is stronger than myself that demands that I must write as…

— Jacques Derrida

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I've always been a writer, actually. Not many people assume that, but I kinda keep quiet about anything that I do until I'm ready…

— Ryan Guzman

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

— Ronald Frame

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually…

— Craig Johnson