“Columnists write not just because they have something to say but also because they have to say something.”
“You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.”
“Why do we writers write? Is it because we have something to say, or is it because we just do? I write because I can, because I just do, and because I am a writer, and so I write.”
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.”
“Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something”
“The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.”