Writing Quotes

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull more

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull through.

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can more

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for more

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.