“I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.”
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) American historian
As quoted in Wall Street Journal (31 December 1985) on why he did his writing at home very early in the morning while he served as the Librarian of Congress.
George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) British monarch
As quoted in Sir James Prior's Life of Edmond Malone (1860), p. 369.
Attributed
“I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.”
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer
“I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I may write only what I know in space: I am that I am.”
Brion Gysin (1916–1986) Canadian artist
Notes on Painting, Tuning in to the Multimedia Age, p. 96.
“I know too well what I am going to say. I know it too well before writing.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)
“The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.”
David Hare (1947) British writer
A Map of the World (1982), cited from Carol Homden, The Plays of David Hare (1995), p. 124.
