Quotes about Writing

Writers of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly, but then we 'modify' before we print.

When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public.

I am reminded of how difficult and time-consuming it is to reinvent the pencil every time you want to send a message.

More than twenty years later I meet Muriel at a poetry reading at a women's coffee-house in New York. Her voice is still soft, but her great brown eyes are not. I tell her, "I am writing an unfolding of my life and loves." "Just make sure you tell the truth about me," she says.

For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it. For others, it is to share and spread also those words that are meaningful to us. But primarily for us all, it is necessary to teach by living and speaking those truths which we believe and know beyond understanding. Because in this way alone we can survive, by taking part in a process of life that is creative and continuing, that is growth.

I want to write down everything I know about being afraid, but I'd probably never have enough time to write anything else.

She's a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn't be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind.

The pen is mightier than the sword, if you shoot that pen out of a gun.

When I want to read a book, I write one.

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

When I want to read a good book I write one.

I write my films with Reema Kagti, and I think all the characters that I have written, somewhere or the other, reflect my thoughts, ideology and morality.