Inspirational Quote by Wallace Stevens

“I do not have more information after reading a poem; I have more experience.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

I want the poem to be an experience - for both the listener and for myself.

— Anne Waldman

In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of 'Evening' gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book.

— Susan Minot

In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending.

— Don DeLillo

The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in…

— Khaled Hosseini

We had absolutely no experience in writing kids books and its a very competitive market. But we buy and read a lot of children's…

— Tom Fletcher

I've never been much of a craftsman, in an educated way. But I think just the experience of writing makes the avenues I follow…

— Dave Matthews

Every book is its own experience, the writing of it.

— Elizabeth Berg

When you're actually inside the experience of writing something, in some ways, you're just writing. Ultimately, you fall in love with the characters, and…

— Simon Kinberg

A painting lets us know how somebody literally saw things. A piece of music is another language that transmits a whole wealth of emotion…

— Claire Messud

One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel.

— Chang-Rae Lee

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control… I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood