Diary Quote by Virginia Woolf

“The joy is is in the written word”

— A.C. Gaughen

“I write for the joy of writing. It is the air I breathe and the joy of my life.”

— Charlene Iverson

Someone once said that the joy is not in writing but in having written. I can't say I find that to be true, though…

— Adam Gopnik

“Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.”

— Grace Bridges

“Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion.”

— Jean Fritz

“No happiness in the writer, no happiness in the reader.”

— Gabrielle Dubois

“[Writing is] about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life as well. It's about getting up,…

— Stephen King

“Reading is my pleasure; writing is my passion.”

— Joanne Weck

“There’s just something about reading a story that makes me happier than anything else in the world.”

— Vanessa Booke

“The joy is the journey of Life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.”

— Truman Capote

“Joy is a wonderful feeling that makes our lives alive.”

— Euginia Herlihy