There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel…

There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, 'Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth.'

— Douglas Adams

“Q: Do you feel concerned that after all this work, people won't treat [Starship Titanic] with the gravity of, say, a movie or a…

— Douglas Adams

It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.

— Steven Pressfield

There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer…

— Mignon McLaughlin

Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing,…

— Charles Dickens

There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that's hard. What's…

— Steven Pressfield

There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go…

— Robertson Davies

Everything I know about life I learned from the daily practice of sitting down to write.

— Dani Shapiro

It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs.

— Gerald Brenan

Even if you don't feel like sitting down to write or working on that big proposal, or whatever it is, just show up anyhow…

— Ayana Mathis

“The novel, he was saying, was a flabby old whore. A flabby old whore! the older man said looking delighted. She was serviceable, roomy,…

— Ali Smith

For me, the enemy is procrastination, and losing attention, you know? It's not the writing that's difficult, it's sitting down to write - if…

— Moshe Kasher

Ninety percent of my material is made on stage, but I feel like you're missing something by abandoning sitting down to write entirely.

— Tom Segura

“Writers often have the cleanest windows, floors, fridges and toilets, the most up-to-date filing system or the best record for returning calls or e-mails…

— Mark David Gerson

“It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer.”

— Gerald Brenan