The purpose of writing is to make your mother and father drop dead with shame. Votes: 3
The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases. Votes: 3
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Votes: 3
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people. Votes: 3
Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I believe Dickens never managed to retrieve. It is as if he was sent to this earth with the sole purpose of writing this book. Votes: 3
What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else. Votes: 3
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. Votes: 1
Writing comes from that territory of being invalidated. But I had a sense of purpose, too. I wanted to stop apologising for my health, and I thought I might do some good. Votes: 1
Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal. Votes: 1
Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the creation of your own work empowers you in a way, even if you don't ever do it. It gives you a sense of ownership and a sense of purpose, which I think as an actor is really important. Votes: 1
If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing. Votes: 0
The purpose of my writing is to expose and arrest Nova Criminals. Votes: 0
I think there's no purpose for writing music if it is not meaningful. Votes: 0
The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. Votes: 0
Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate. Votes: 0
Life is writing. The sole purpose of mankind is to engrave the thoughts of divinity onto the tablets of nature. Votes: 0
I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always different. Votes: 0
Hand writing causes thinking - the repetition of writing your goal everyday will increase your awareness. The true purpose of a goal is to help you grow. Votes: 0
Whether I'm writing about plumbers or psychics or psychic plumbers, I want to find a creative space that imprisons me usefully, so I can deviate with purpose. Votes: 0
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Votes: 6 Albert Schweitzer
The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. Votes: 6 William H. Gass