Knows Quote by William Zinsser

I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go…

— Leslie Marmon Silko

Writing is how I find out what I believe and what I care most deeply about. It's how I sort through the mess of…

— Pico Iyer

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you…

— Walter Murch

Writing is a spiritual path. It helps you listen to your heart, trust your inner guidance, and live your life full-out.

— Robert Holden

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking...a young writer sees that with words he can place himself more clearly into the world. Words on…

— Don DeLillo

Writing is a way of life. I do it because it's a way of experiencing the world, and trying to come to terms with…

— Emily Perkins

To me, writing is about how we see. The writers I want to read teach me how to see-see the world differently. In my…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Writing is for stories to be read, books to be published, poems to be recited, plays to be acted, songs to be sung, newspapers…

— Frank Smith

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.

— E. B. White

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

— Don DeLillo