Artist Quote by William S. Burroughs

Writing is hustling of another kind.

— John Rechy

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.

— Jules Renard

“Writers write. Period. No matter how hard it is. One word after another. Sometimes the sentences spill quickly from our fingertips, and other times…

— Debra Dixon

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

— Joy Williams

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

— William S Burroughs

Writing is a communication.

— Theodore Sturgeon

Writing is a mysterious activity.

— Susan Sontag

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

— Don DeLillo

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins

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

— Dacia Maraini

Nearly everything seems a letdown after a writer has finished writing something.

— John Irving

Writing is a marvelous adventure and very labor-intensive: those words run away and try to escape. They are very difficult to capture.

— Eduardo Galeano