I would love to focus on writing books that were not just…

“I love books. Not just for what they contain. I love them as objects too, as ever-present reminders of what they contain, and because…

— Laini Taylor

Many, many people can write books. I just happen to be one of them.

— Michael Ian Black

Let's stop reflexively comparing Chinese writers to Chinese writers, Indian writers to Indian writers, black writers to black writers. Let's focus on the writing…

— Celeste Ng

My neck and shoulders are killing me. Hard to focus on writing about murder, doom, shagging, our hopeless future & other comedy etc etc.

— Warren Ellis

A writer can't afford to just focus on writing and leave marketing aside in today's competitive market.

— Amish Tripathi

Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing.…

— Flume

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and…

— Sue Grafton

We were so focused on the production aspect of it that it wasn't until later in our college experience that we realized we needed…

— Ross Duffer

When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.

— Tea Obreht

'E.T.' was the movie that made me want to make movies in the first place, and it was the first movie that made me…

— Adam Green

Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing.

— Mary Gauthier

Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want.

— Kacey Musgraves

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

— Sue Grafton

“Focus on writing first.”

— Lyra Parish

“I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing, not associating with all the people around me.”

— Haruki Murakami