Apply Quote by Will Self

Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence in solitary…

— Peter Straub

You have to stop living in order to write.

— Martha Gellhorn

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s…

— Paul Auster

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

— Stephen King

Writing can be a lifeline, especially when your existence has been denied, especially when you have been left on the margins, especially when your…

— Micere Githae Mugo

Writing is a solitary occupation.

— Bernard Cornwell

Writing does not exclude the full life; it demands it.

— Katherine Anne Porter

Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be someplace else…

— Stephen King

Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.

— Dacia Maraini

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

— Antonia Fraser

You can't live and write at the same time.

— Alison Bechdel

“Writing can be a lifeline, expecially when your existence has been denied, especially when you have been left on the margins, especially when your…

— Micere Mugo