I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery. — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you. — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
I have to be able to see the thing that's going on that I'm writing about, or else it just doesn't make… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“I keep going;I keep writing because I know something good will happen, and I want to see it when it happens.” — Millicent Ashby Copy Share Image
If things are going well, if the writing's coming along, I jump out of bed happy. And if the previous day has… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
Yeah, man I am going to be writing a book soon. The reality of being in a rock band in the music… — Steve Brown Copy Share Image
The only way I seem to be able to keep going while I'm writing is to munch my way through boxes of… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I'm at a point in my life where I'm not going to be writing about NATO or NAFTA. — Joshua Ostrander Copy Share Image
When I wake up in the morning, I need the writing to go to. I begin there. And that's not an accident,… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I think if I was ever really going to be more serious about writing I'd have to try and find some way… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
“I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and… — Randy Ingermanson Copy Share Image
As long as you have ideas, you can keep going. That's why writing fiction is so much fun: because you're moving people… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
I've tried over the years all kinds of ways of going about writing and even just thinking about the idea of writing.… — Kurt Wagner Copy Share Image
Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I think that you just understand, as any creative person, that there's a beast that you have to beat, and it never… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
When I started, I was pretty sure I was going to be writing some goofy little wizard novels that might make me… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Writing is like wrestling; you are wrestling with ideas and with the story. There is a lot of energy required. At the… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I can't imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I'm going to be writing some stories for… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is… — Steve Tesich Copy Share Image
Writing is a bit like walking into a big bookstore. It's the bookstore of your brain, and you know you're never going… — Mary Jo Salter Copy Share Image
Just write. If you have to make a choice, if you say, 'Oh well, I'm going to put the writing away until… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I got written out of 'G.I. Joe' and was like, 'Welp, I'm going to go back to what I do: writing and… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
What you must accept is that your life is not going to be the same while you are writing. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing. — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
I'm going to be writing and directing my own videos, and performing in them too, and I'm super-excited about it. — Mikey Day Copy Share Image
I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
My publishers find me really challenging, as a lot of the time, I don't even know what I'm going to be writing… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
When it's going well [writing] goes terribly fast. It isn't at all surprising to write a chapter in a day, which for… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
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