'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I can remember playing under the big wooden desk in his office. My mother didn't like us to chew gum, so we'd… — John F. Kennedy Jr Copy Share Image
People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The productiveness of any meeting depends on the level of thought given to the agenda in advance, and you should never leave… — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My book would come out in one language, then it would come out in another language, then it would come out in… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Remember, if you sit at your desk for 15 or 20 years, every day, not counting weekends, it changes you. It just… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
It may be true that my desk here is really 'nothing but' a transient eddy of electrons in the flux of universal… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to… — Paula Fox Copy Share Image
I sit at a table close to his desk. Ivy is in this class. She sits by the door. I keep staring… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Keith Moon, God rest his soul, once drove his car through the glass doors of a hotel, driving all the way up… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Rochelle," she calls out, still looking at me. "Is there anyone down at the desk? I need something." I'm too startled to… — Patricia McCormick Copy Share Image
It is hot in Tokyo, it’s humid, I’m tired, all of these backs are in front of you, I’m not going to… — Terrell Davis Copy Share Image
If you do not know what you're doing stacked on his desk, a dozen colleagues Initially sticks with a large number of… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
It wasn't that I couldn't write. I wrote every day. I actually worked really hard at writing. At my desk by 7… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I don't like to leave anything unfinished on my desk before I travel. — Vijay Mallya Copy Share Image
I'd much rather be on stage talking to a couple of retards for twenty bucks than sitting at my desk thinking up… — Larry David Copy Share Image
For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a… — Julia Alvarez Copy Share Image
Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor.… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
“Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea.” — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
