I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6…

I would, however, start writing fiction about 10 years before I actually did, because it's such great fun to do, many times more creative…

— Judith Krantz

I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days.

— Sarah Dessen

There are essentially two main reasons to hold a phone up at a show. First, to capture a memory for yourself, a reminder of…

— John Battelle

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

— Chino Moreno

Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the…

— Steven Pressfield

It's kind of hard to spend long hours trying to help people and then find out that the favorite game of the columnist is…

— Bill Scott

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.

— Tracy Kidder

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time;…

— Ravi Shankar

Often the block [in writing] comes from the wall of words that keep out the simplicity of sense.

— Adam Gopnik

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

— Annie Proulx

“I've worked really hard to make myself a better writer. I don't think writing is something that comes to people naturally; it is a…

— Nathan Nixon

Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history is. You're…

— Teju Cole

“The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of…

— Stephen King

All good writing comes out of aloneness.

— Sam Shepard