1,068 Quotes About Writers-on-writing

Reality is just a matter of perception.

The act of writing is a contemplative vision quest, a somber expedition of discovery that requires the writer to subordinate their ego in order to travel in soulful solitude towards a desirable personal haven of rejuvenating enlightenment. Writing for personal growth entails unconditionally surrendering oneself to the struggle of tearing their sense of self apart. It demands the solemn willpower to dissect and analyze the fissures of a self-absorbent soul one layer at a time.

Struggling through the work is extremely important—more important to me than publishing it.

We seek to glean physical, emotional, and spiritual sustenance from our daily chores.

Escape into the world of your characters.

We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.

I write because there are things in me that cannot die.

You know what I love about writing non-fiction? The story is already there. I just have to write it down.

Writing is a bitch. It's an itch that I love to scratch.