Knowing Quote by Youth Lagoon

You have to throw yourself away when you write.

— Maxwell Perkins

Writing is a little box of interest that I take out once in a while.

— Mukul Dev

I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.

— Megan Chance

For me, writing is a way of finding out about things I didn't know before I began writing.

— Alejandro Zambra

For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.

— Rachel Joyce

I've got to overcome that tendency to hide what I write or throw it away.

— Tiffany Darwish

I write a lot, and then forget what I've written, and then come back to it and say, "Not bad, I should do something…

— Allison Joseph

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

— Brian Koppelman

I don't think anyone is ever writing so that you can throw it away. You're always writing it to be something. Later, you decide…

— Steve Martin

Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny…

— Emma Donoghue

That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.

— Anne Lamott

Writing without making mistakes is like vomiting hot air.

— Gunter Brus