Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you…

“So this is how the merchant ship won’t follow us,” I mumbled, “They aren’t insane enough to join the party.”

— Katherine McIntyre

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.

— Thomas Mann

My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline.

— John Irving

“You aren't insane, then." "Heavens no," I said. I eyed her. "You don't accept that." You see people that aren't there Mr. Leeds. It's…

— Brandon Sanderson

In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her…

— J. M. Coetzee

On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them…

— Annie Dillard

There were many times in my initial days as a writer when I had felt the need to talk to someone, to leverage on…

— Ravi Subramanian

The only bad days as a writer are the ones when you are too cowardly or too lazy to sit down at the keyboard…

— Chris Cleave

“Your worry days are over. You're a writer. Worry on paper.”

— Ksenia Anske

“The good days are when you perform; the slow days are when you learn to perform better. The only bad days as a writer…

— Chris Cleave

“Writing is like a relationship. When it is good, it is damn good; when it is bad, you contemplate murder.”

— Nevea Lane

I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland.

— Rose Tremain

We're on the road 300 days a year. There's no recovery time. It's a test of your physical and mental endurance.

— Beth Phoenix

The happy have whole days,

— Colley Cibber

Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.

— Donald Rumsfeld