--- title: "10 Writing Days Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Writing Days quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Writing Days sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/j-k-rowling-2-683_funny_be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-day_18766.jpg" --- > [Be ruthless about protecting writing days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-days/) [J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/j-k-rowling-2-683_funny_be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-day_18766.jpg) > [Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-days-i-e-do-not-cave-in-to-2/) [J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/j-k-rowling-2-683_caves_be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-day_2407977.jpg) > [I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-tremain/i-m-always-amazed-by-writers-who-tell-me-they-plan-everything-at-the/) [Rose Tremain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-tremain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/rose-tremain-13385_always_i-m-always-amazed-by-writers-who-tell-me_28470.png) > [Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/tomorrow-may-be-hell-but-today-was-a-good-writing-day-and-on-the-good/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/neil-gaiman-29_good-writing_tomorrow-may-be-hell-but-today-was-a-goo_1586885.jpg) > [I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-farina/i-ve-tried-writing-two-days-later-i-d-go-visit-it-and-say-jesus/) [Dennis Farina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-farina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/dennis-farina-7396_christ_i-ve-tried-writing-two-days-later-i-d-go_1464501.jpg) > [Be ruthless about protecting writing days…althoug h writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-days-althoug-h-writing-has-been/) [J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/j-k-rowling-2-683_fighting_be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-day_1572845.jpg) > [There are days when I should be writing, and I am so tired that I can't. And the fatigue also affects my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-griffith/there-are-days-when-i-should-be-writing-and-i-am-so-tired-that-i-can/) [Nicola Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-griffith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/nicola-griffith-21745_about_there-are-days-when-i-should-be-writing_859847.jpg) > [I would rise, monk-like, at 6 A.M., speak to no one, make tea, and go immediately to my desk from which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-jacobson/i-would-rise-monk-like-at-6-a-m-speak-to-no-one-make-tea-and-go/) [Howard Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-jacobson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/howard-jacobson-1484_eyes_i-would-rise-monk-like-at-6-a-m-speak-to_2931301.jpg) > [Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-days-i-e-do-not-cave-in-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/anonymous-1_believe_be-ruthless-about-protecting-writing-day_658829.jpg) > [The hardest bits of my book to read were the easiest bits to write because they were the most immediate. Probably because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-barr/the-hardest-bits-of-my-book-to-read-were-the-easiest-bits-to-write/) [Damian Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-barr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/damian-barr-32402_bits_the-hardest-bits-of-my-book-to-read-were_678449.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-days/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Days Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Be ruthless about protecting writing days.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. K. 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