--- title: "1 After hours Quotes By Lincoln Child" description: "1 After hours quotes by Lincoln Child. Plus more from Lincoln Child and more After hours sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/lincoln-child-35401_after-hours_the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think_2658879.png" --- > [The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think-a-lot-of-people-assume-that/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/lincoln-child-35401_after-hours_the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think_2658879.png) ## More by Lincoln Child > [I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/i-can-t-listen-to-music-while-writing-any-such-distraction-would-have/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [“All this time, he’d been thinking in two dimensions…forgetting that there was also a Z axis to be considered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/all-this-time-he-d-been-thinking-in-two-dimensions-forgetting-that/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. It doesn't matter how many words you wrote the day before, or how many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/for-me-writing-never-gets-easier-it-s-always-hard-work-it-doesn-t/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [“Admiral Spartan thinks that the object must be exposed and penetrated with all possible speed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/admiral-spartan-thinks-that-the-object-must-be-exposed-and-penetrated/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/there-are-some-writers-i-think-who-love-to-go-around-and-visit/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [“And so, ladies and gentlemen, you can take as fact the four words I’m about to speak—though I speak them with some regret, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/and-so-ladies-and-gentlemen-you-can-take-as-fact-the-four-words-i-m/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/writing-on-your-own-is-in-a-way-a-very-lonely-profession-there-s-no/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is the purgatory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/my-first-job-out-of-college-was-as-an-editorial-assistant-in-a-new/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [The simplest explanation is most often the correct one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/the-simplest-explanation-is-most-often-the-correct-one/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/i-try-to-write-about-things-places-events-and-phenomena-i-know-about/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [“Perhaps some day it will be pleasant to remember even this.’ ” Mykolos”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/perhaps-some-day-it-will-be-pleasant-to-remember-even-this-mykolos/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think-a-lot-of-people-assume-that/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) > [“EFG 112-A. PATENT 4,125,662. WAREHAM ELECTRIC COMPANY, BOSTON. TOLERANCES 1–20 MG, .1–15 MT. “ ‘mG,’ ” Logan read aloud. “Do you suppose that’s milligauss?” “I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/efg-112-a-patent-4-125-662-wareham-electric-company-boston-tolerances/) [Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after-hours/lincoln-child/#itemlist", "name": "1 After hours Quotes By Lincoln Child", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lincoln Child" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think-a-lot-of-people-assume-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/lincoln-child-35401_after-hours_the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think_2658879.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/lincoln-child-35401_after-hours_the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think_2658879.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/lincoln-child-35401_after-hours_the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think_2658879.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill…” — Lincoln Child", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after-hours/lincoln-child/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after-hours/lincoln-child/", "name": "After hours Quotes by Lincoln Child", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after-hours/lincoln-child/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/lincoln-child-35401_after-hours_the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-i-think_2658879.png" }, "description": "1 After hours quotes by Lincoln Child. 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