For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain. Sara Shepard adultaudiencebrain Change image and share on social
For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that. Alice Walker bonebyproductfairly Change image and share on social
For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working. Zooey Deschanel percentprocrastinatesit Change image and share on social
For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking. Don DeLillo concentrateformthink Change image and share on social
For me, writing is a job. I do not separate the work from the act of writing like two things that have nothing to do with each other. I arrange words one after another, or one in front of another, to tell a story, to say something that I consider important or useful, or at least important or useful to me. Jose Saramago actarrangefront share on social
For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism. Chuck Palahniuk copekindmechanism Change image and share on social
For me, writing is a love-hate relationship. Larry Wall hateloverelationship Change image and share on social
For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Francoise Sagan comparefindjazz Change image and share on social
For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down and watch my mind; they are containers that keep me in place, hold me still. Ruth Ozeki containerholdimpatient share on social
For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the edges of human experience, to the edges of themselves and then, asking certain questions - about love, what does it mean to love? What's beauty? What is true beauty? Ted Dekker beautycharacterdiscover share on social