My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and…

I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with…

— Washington Irving

I've been writing books because it's been my way of dealing with the demons. The act of sitting down and writing the books down…

— Jimmy Barnes

I write early in the morning. I just wake up whenever I feel awake and I have to be sitting and writing pretty soon…

— Tim Cahill

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

— Richard Thompson

I like sitting and writing with my buddies.

— Adam Sandler

I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics…

— Mandy Moore

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.

— Brit Marling

Anytime you're sitting there writing a book about yourself, it's a pretty self-fulfilling prophecy, I guess.

— Samoa Joe

It is a singular reaction, this sitting still and writing, writing, writing, or ruminating at length, which is much the same, really.

— Vladimir Nabokov

The moment you know, life just sucks; sitting alone, writing the Eulogies for your Soul Mate and your daughters. In many ways, I'm still…

— Eric Nickel

You write by sitting down and writing. There's no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature. How one works, assuming he's disciplined, doesn't…

— Bernard Malamud

“Sitting and writing and talking to no one is how I wish I could spend the better part of every day.”

— Amy Schumer

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

— Amy Sedaris

When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.

— Dawn French

I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.

— Saul Kripke