Catherine Drinker Bowen Quotes

I find I can write for two lines, and then I have nothing else to say. For me, the only way to find something comes through the sentence level and sticking with the sentences that give a subtle feeling that there's something more to say.

The thing that most interests me about writing - there are lots of things, but the thing I can't do without - is the hit of happiness a lovely sentence delivers.

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

I find contentment in the craft of writing and fulfillment in self-expression.

The fulfillment I get from a good day of writing is addictive and will always bring me back the next day.

If you enjoy your journey as a writer, you will never find it difficult to write.

I am always writing. It is not always good, but if I am writing, I am usually happy.

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.

I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but writing is what I was meant to do.

There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it.

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?

I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.

I never feel more myself than when I'm writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.

I love writing different things.

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.

The writer's curse is that the more you fall in love with the work you're doing, the more I think it shows.

For purposes of marketing, writers are designated as poets, novelists, or something else. But writing is about matchmaking, an attempt to marry sensations with apt words.

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.

I remember the absolute joy I used to get out of writing. The purity of imagining something and then putting it down on paper - it was such a pleasure. I read whatever I could get my hands on, from 'Great Expectations' to 'The Thorn Birds.'

I think writing is a glorious and noble thing.

I've always been entranced by writing.

It's actually deeply satisfying to write a story out in full.

And, of course, there were some times when I had writer's block and I had a hard time figuring out how to express what I wanted to express.