It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal. It feels like unspeakably wild sex. So, think: When you feel the overpowering need to go out and find some unspeakably wild sex, do you rush to tell your mom about it?


Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers (ed. Random House, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307415967

Carolyn See Quotes

It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal. ...

It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal. ...

It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal. ...

It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal. ...