The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. — Bill Watterson
Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. — Stephen E. Ambrose
Writing is an extreme privilege but it’s also a gift. It’s a gift to yourself and it’s a gift — Amy Tan
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you’re — E. L. Doctorow
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights — E. L. Doctorow
Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies. — Christopher Darden
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit — Edgar Allan Poe
I’ve often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. — Clifford Geertz
If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code. — Clifford Geertz
When you’re working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in — Atom Egoyan
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of — Lalla Ward
Writing is no dying art form in america because most published writers here accept the — Elizabeth George