"If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all."

— Anne Tyler

"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, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation."

— Graham Greene

"In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better."

— Doris Lessing

"Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself."

— Truman Capote

"If I see an ending, I can work backward."

— Arthur Miller

"The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first."

— T.S. Eliot

"A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid."

— William Faulkner

"To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself."

— Anne Rice

“Getting two sentences together is exhilarating. It is heaven.”

— Fay Weldon