Quotes On Writing And Freedom #5: Personal Freedom

Writing is a form of personal freedom.

It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making 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

Thanks to Scott McIntyre for suggesting this quote, a powerful contribution to the series of quotes on writing and freedom.

#1: Write The Other Way

#2: Take Yourself Lightly

#3: The Permission Slip

#4: Writing Intention