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Why writers write I do not know. As well ask why a hen lays an egg or why a cow stands patiently while an underprivileged farmer burglarizes her. — H.L. Mencken

I was asked once why I write poetry. I said, why do you breath? — Shannon Lynette

I do not follow any tradition. I may stand at the beginning of one. — Avijeet Das

Why do I find it hard to write the next line? — Gary Kemp

So, why do you write these strong female characters?
Because you're still asking me that question.
[Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006] — Joss Whedon

Why do I write? Because I like telling stories and I don't like repeating myself (insert chuckle here). — Najeev Raj Nadarajah

I am getting quite uneasy about him, though why I should I do not know, but I do wish that he would write, if it were only a single line — Bram Stoker

Why do you write strong female characters?
Because you're still asking me that question. — Joss Whedon

You may well ask me why ... I took the time to write [books]. I can only reply that I do not know. There was no why about it. I had to: that was all. — George Bernard Shaw

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write. — August Wilson

Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion. — Rod Serling

Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Just do it. Get it down on the page. Work hard. And then let go. Ask yourself why you want to write. You have to be clear about that. — Yann Martel

Anyway, I don't know why I write the things I do. They sort of come into my head. — Kami Garcia

On the whole, I don't want to think too much about why I write what I write. If I know what I'm doing ... I can't do it. — Joan Didion

Why do you write? he asked. So I can take my love for you and give it to the world, I reply. Because you won't take it from me. — Lang Leav

Why do we write?
"To make suffering endurable
To make evil intelligible
To make justice desirable
and . . . to make love possible — Roger Rosenblatt

Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better. — Zygmunt Bauman

Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue. — Gloria Naylor

Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave. — Robert Frost

Why do you write like you're running out of time? — Lin-Manuel Miranda

But then why do we write if not to tackle the fears that others look to us to conquer? — J.F. Penn

Why else do we write and write except to move our readers? — Jerome Charyn

Why do I write?
To be somewhere else
To get free of ourselves
To stop
To stop being anything or anywhere at all
To disappear — Rainbow Rowell

Why do I write? To investigate the mystery of existence. To tolerate myself. To get closer to everything that is outside of me. — Jhumpa Lahiri

I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it? — Mary Boykin Chesnut

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there. — Thomas Berger

Why do writers write? Why do actors act? Why do painters paint? It doesn't pay much, unless you're very successful. It's who we are. — Lori Lesko

I don't analyze too much, because then I'll question, 'Why do I write down all of these random little phrases?' — Sue Tompkins

Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult. — Walter Pater

Por que en las epocas oscuras
se escribe con tinta invisible?
Why in the darkest ages
do they write with invisible ink? — Pablo Neruda

Why do you write meaningless philosophy?" you asked.
"Because it gives meaning to life," I whispered with deep empathy. — Debasish Mridha

Why do we write fiction? Professor Piper asked.
Cath looked down at her notebook.
To disappear. — Rainbow Rowell

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero. — Ani DiFranco

You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write? — James Lee Burke

Why do I write love stories? Because nothing else matters... — Ben Starling

Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm here for, so I'd better do it. — Tom Stoppard