Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“For many writers the goal is a 1,000 words a day. For me - just give me one thought, and the words… — Garry Fitchett Copy Share Image
“During our leisure time, not counting work, each of us processes 34 gigabytes or 100,000 words every day.” — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
If I had killed Crow off I can think of least six novels I would never have written, 400,000 words' worth of… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000. — Louann Brizendine Copy Share Image
All through my career I've written 1,000 words a day - even if I've got a hangover. You've got to discipline yourself… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't have many hours in a day, as I'm essentially a single parent. But fortunately, I'm a really fast writer. My… — Michelle Gagnon Copy Share Image
I binge write. I think it's because I started seriously writing by participating in National Novel Writing Month, an online-based challenge to… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Most writers write too much. I have the exact opposite problem. I feel I could write almost anything in a paragraph. I… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
On a normal novel, I would like to get 2,000 to 2,500 words done in a day; I average 10,000 words a… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
I have written 30,000 words in a month - think of it - 30,000! I hope I am putting the right number… — George A. Moore Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence, the words that launched our nation -- 1,300 words. The Bible, the word of God -- 773,000 words.… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
When I get started each day, I read through and correct the previous day's 2,000 words, then start on the next. As… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
“Write what you yourself would like to read, a story that will entertain and challenge you. If you try and follow the… — J.D. Trafford Copy Share Image
There are some people that aren't into all the words. There are some people who would have you not use certain words.… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Women speak an average 18,000 more words a day than men do. And there may be a genetic reason, it may be… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
When I think of anything properly describable as a beautiful idea, it is always in the form of music. I have written… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“Everyone asks me how I got started into writing. I wish I had some cool story to tell, but the truth is… — Jason Faris Copy Share Image
“Treat writing as a job. Be disciplined. Lots of writers get a bit OCD-ish about this. Graham Greene famously wrote 500 words… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
“Is a picture really worth a thousand words? What thousand words? A thousand words from a lunatic, or a thousand words from… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Billy sipped the last of his coffee from the mug and shut down his laptop. 1,000 words wasn’t great but it also… — Amanda M. Lyons Copy Share Image
“Don’t dash off a six-thousand-word story before breakfast. Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it… — Jack London Copy Share Image
They say a picture tells 1,000 words but when I look at yours all I see is 3, I Love You — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat. — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I would be miserable if I went to bed without having written 1,000 words about something. — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
I used to write my books at night when I was a freelancer with no children. I used to really work in… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
I really want to write a novel. A few years ago I went so far as to do the cliché thing and… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
After writing a novel, what is there to say? If a novelist could say it in a maxim, they wouldn't need 120,000… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
I try to write 1,000 words a day - about three pages. When I reach 1,000 words I feel good. Less than… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
![“I really want to write a novel. A few years ago I went so far as to do the cliché thing and rent this house in upstate [New York]. I still have the story, but I got 15,000, 20,000 words in and it was like, This is falling apart. I can't figure out.” quote by Craig Finn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/craig-finn-8385_books_i-really-want-to-write-a-novel-a-few-yea_732977.png)
