Michael Finkel Quotes

I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

Writing gave me a life.

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached to.

I like being a writer.

Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.

Writing is so entwined with my being that I can't imagine a life without it.

Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It's a way of being alive for the writer.

Writing will remain a passion project.

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

What is writing but an expression of my own life?

I just like to write and then perform.

I love to write.

I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.

I've been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember.

I love to write.

I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew that there was something inside me that wanted me to tell who I was, and that would have come out even if I didn't want it.

I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.

I love writing. Writing has been very good to me.

I like writing.

I have always thought of myself as a writer, only because I need things to direct, and I can't not write the things that I direct.

As soon as I could write, I was writing stories.

I've loved writing since I was little. I used to write stories.