Why write?

“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” – G. Orwell

“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” – Flannery O’Connor

"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe." – G. Flaubert

"The pen is the tongue of the mind." – Miguel de Cervantes

"If you’re thinking without writing, you only think you’re thinking."  ― Leslie Lamport

"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect." – Anaïs Nin

"The unexamined life is not worth living"

"You can make anything by writing." – C.S. Lewis

one of the main tools of creation, good way to record ideas, lasts long, spreads well, good accuracy. as Elon said in an interview "Language is our base technology"

"Writing is a way to talk without being interrupted." – Jules Renard

I am semi-known among friends for my long monologues and rants, not necessarily in a good way lol, better to make these opt in, async.

"Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in a human condition." – Graham Greene

"Writing is an antidote for loneliness." – Steven Berkoff

"Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals." – Don DeLillo