A writer is always working.

A writer is always working with whatever she's managed to store in the brainpan or puzzle out about the world.

— Anna Quindlen

“The writer is always working on a book, even when not writing.”

— Antonio Callado

If you're a writer, you're always working.

— Alan Furst

Don’t ask a writer what he’s working on. It’s like asking someone with cancer on the progress of his disease.

— Amy Lowell

What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window.

— Burton Rascoe

“If you want to master the art of the sentence, you must first accept a somewhat unpleasant truth--something a lot of writers would rather…

— June Casagrande

I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.

— Henry Rollins

As an unpublished, nonprofessional writer working on my first novel, I nevertheless had access to extremely talented people who would help make my manuscript…

— Chris Pavone

A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.

— Edna Ferber

I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if you're working…

— Stephen Schwartz

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in…

— Stephen King

For a writer, working in television is an incredibly rewarding medium. You're in charge of all aspects of production and get to see your…

— Stephanie Savage

“Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.”

— Graeme Roberts

My writing regimen is not very regimented. I tend to be a binge writer, working sometimes in the morning and sometimes all night. When…

— Jess Walter

My best experience as a writer was working with Michael Ondaatje. He let me dismantle his novel, reimagine it, and still had dinner with…

— Anthony