Audience Quote by Willa Cather

You must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world.

— Sarah Orne Jewett

Listen. In every office you hear the threads of love and joy and fear and guilt, the cries for celebration and reassurance, and somehow…

— Anonymous

“Find your quiet center of life and write from that to the world.”

— Sarah Orne Jewett

“writing is a very lonely occupation. You have no colleagues, but your office space is shared with countless horrible little demons of self-doubt, and…

— Daphne Kapsali

As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don't like. You spend…

— Jonathan Stroud

“Write as an audience member. Write what you want to see, feel and hear.”

— Carol Hovsepian

We have the best writers in the business [on The Office].

— John Krasinski

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

— Joni Mitchell

You don't want the office to be a completely relaxing place. You want it to be a vibrant place.

— Jesse Schell

The office is a romantic enabler because you're always around the person you have a crush on. There's no escape from, and maybe no…

— Joshua Ferris

Writers want recognition, audience, some corroboration that all those hours at the desk and in daydreams add up to something in the esteem of…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

Our day-to-day lives are pretty chaotic. So in terms of the writing part, you have to get pretty disciplined about finding quiet moments and…

— Sarah Kay