Why Write?
The MEN say:
“Words are a writer’s tears.”
--Arthur Plotnik
“If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem
to matter to his readers, then his work may be read. But a writer will work
anyway, as I do, and as I have, in part to explore this terra incognita, this
dangerous ground I seem to need to risk.”
--Frederick Busch
“Why do I write? Well, let’s see. . . that’s a tough one.
Oh, okay, I know. Money. If I were not getting paid, I would never write –
except perhaps when answering personal ads from hot, lonely co-eds. Aside from
the money, there are very few advantages to being a writer. Only the stupidest
of actresses sleeps with the writer. The WGA awards rank in prestige somewhere
between the Clios and Animal Actor of the Year.”
--Lee Aronsohn
“If you did not write every day, the poisons would
accumulate and you would begin to die, or act crazy, or both.”
--Ray Bradbury
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Why Write?
The WOMEN say:
“Writing actually empties us and gives us the capacity to
love in a completely different way.”
--Julia Cameron
“You go really deep and connect really large when you write,
no matter what you’re writing about.”
--Natalie Goldberg
“Because writing is so often a way for me to sort out my
world, I gave my novel’s protagonist, who shares my name, my most neurotic self
and all of her concerns.”
--Shannon Olson
“If you would shut your door against the children for an
hour a day and say: ‘Mother is working on her five-act tragedy in blank verse!’
you would be surprised how they would respect you. They would probably all
become playwrights.” --Brenda Ueland
“Writing something down often works as a magnet for other
thoughts.”
--Marcia Golub
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