„When I’m writing, I know I’m doing the thing I was born to do.“

— Anne Sexton
„I don't pretend to be an author or to know anything about writing. I'm doing this simply because Dr Reilly asked me to, and somehow when Dr Reilly asks you to do a thing you don't like to refuse.“
— Agatha Christie
„If your not cheering for me, for what I'm doing, don't cheer for me. Don't cheer cause you think I'm cute, you know what I'm saying, screw that. Cheer for me for what I'm doing, for what I stand for, and when I go to jail you should cheer louder.“
— Tupac Shakur
„There is one thing I know though I'm younger than youEven Jesus would not forgive what you do“
— Bob Dylan
„I'm not doing anything, and yet I'm also doing the most important thing a man can do: I'm listening to what I needed to hear from myself.“
— Paulo Coelho
„When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.“
— Tennessee Williams