Affected Quote by Virginia Hamilton

For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them…

— Virginia Hamilton

“The art of writing is not as solitary as one might think. When it finally dawns on us one day that our task as…

— Hal Zina Bennett

“Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only…

— W. Somerset Maugham

From my most unnoticed actions, my most veiled writing - from these alone will I be understood.

— C.P. Cavafy

I feel like a lot of the writing you hear is me grabbing experiences from other people.

— Ruel

Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence.

— Ishmael Reed

When you write, you are alone. It can be a bit of a shock later to discover that people have read what you've written!

— Tara Westover

“Every book adds a grain of humility and humanity to the communal ground that we tread. Writing is the one method that the modern…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I always felt that nobody was going to understand me, going to understand what I felt about things. I guess that's why I started…

— Truman Capote

Writing reminds you of how much there is in your life that stands outside your explanations. In that way, it's almost a journey into…

— Pico Iyer

“The writer's craft, explained! I have stood on the shores of imagination, gazing at a sea of dreams. It is a lonely place, for…

— Barry Woodham

I have felt the pain that arises from a recognition of beauty, pain we hold when we remember what we are connected to and…

— Terry Tempest Williams