“I stop when I see no more light; it is impossible for me to write by feeling my way.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
Source: Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly
“I stop when I see no more light; it is impossible for me to write by feeling my way.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
“When I was a kid, I had dyslexia. And I would write about it in my dairy.”
Zach Galifianakis (1969) American actor and comedian
Live at the Purple Onion (2007)
“Writing is more about discovery than invention.”
Diane Setterfield (1964) English novelist
“I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love.”
May Sarton (1912–1995) American poet, novelist, and memoirist
Kathleen Norris (1880–1966) American writer
Kathleen Norris, on the publication of her seventy-eighth book, as cited in: James Charlton. The Writer's quotation book. 1985. p. 34
“When I think about sex it makes me realise how alone I feel.”
Tracey Emin (1963) English artist, one of the group known as Britartists or Young British Artists
"Emin reveals naked self portraits" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4584875.stm BBC, (2005-05-27)
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist