For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set out to conquer. I just sit quietly for a few years, and then it starts to become something. Mohsin Hamid climbconquerdig Change image and share on social
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. Lynn Abbey hardshortstory Change image and share on social
For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under. Taylor Swift demographicfallgenre share on social
For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you. Halsey hotelparallelpeople share on social
For me writing and acting all comes out of the same place, a compulsion to review and connect to something. For me they are more similar than different. Aleksa Palladino actcompulsionconnect Change image and share on social
For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent. Alfred Nobel biographyconciseeloquent Change image and share on social
For me, writing, drawing, and political activism are three separate pursuits; each has its own intensity. I happen to be especially attuned to and engaged with the society in which I live. Both my writing and my drawing are invariably mixed up with politics, whether I want them to be or not. Gunter Grass activismattunedraw share on social
For me, writing essays is very much about processing ideas and offering them up to the reader so that they are fully cooked. Meghan Daum cookessayfully Change image and share on social
For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent. Diablo Cody essayfictiongreat Change image and share on social
For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing or if you have pages of extraneous description, a kid's not going to do that. They will drop the book. Rick Riordan adultaudiencebook share on social