Give yourself the mental freedom to enjoy the process, because the process of writing is a long one. — Tara Moss Copy Share Image
Why does any novelist keep writing long after they've made money? Because they've failed to write the perfect novel. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982. — J. A. Jance Copy Share Image
I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading. — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“I don't have time to write you a short letter, so I'm writing you a long one instead.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Writing, long term, is mentally risky but vital culturally and contributes to a non-boring life.” — Hazel Edwards Copy Share Image
Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing a long sentence is like watching a soccer player in slow motion as he kicks the ball across the field, as… — James Rumford Copy Share Image
When I'm writing in long hand, it just goes on and on and on. When I was in the saloon business, I… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
That awkward moment When you are busy writing a rather long but important article and you start approaching the word limit of… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
You Can Have The Last Word It Don't Even Matter. I'm Done Writing This Long Chapter. So Many People Told Me To… — Nicole Copy Share Image
“Here I've been telling him things in my head for weeks, writing long, frenzied missives to him I know I'll never send,… — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for the future, I believe,… — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
“I'll be writing as long as I can hold a pen in my curled, crimped arthritic hands and then I'll dictate it,… — Wanda Lea Brayton Copy Share Image
I tend to like writing long stories in comics. I worked on 'Flash,' 'Teen Titans' and 'JSA' for years. I always like… — Geoff Johns Copy Share Image
I have taught the long poem off and on for years. The more book-length poems I read and studied and taught the… — C.D. Wright Copy Share Image
People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
I've been writing as long as I've been able to form words. I never wrote with an idea of publishing anything until… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I tend to work most often from the method of ignoring any ritualistic writing for long periods of time, and then I'll… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
I write different kinds of sentences, depending on what the book is, and what the project is. I see my work evolving.… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
What I would really love to happen to me would be if I came upon an idea that would keep me busy… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Is that how it goes with writing? That as long as you are writing, no time is ever completely in the past?… — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
I think I was also afraid of the novel. I write line by line, proceeding at snail's pace, rewriting as I go… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
“When my sons asked the reason for my trip, I said that I needed to conduct research for my book. What is… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
To me, writing is fun. It doesn't matter what you're writing, as long as you can tell a story. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“I'll go on writing till the end of my days. I have been writing too long to stop.” — Mary O'Hara Copy Share Image
But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new… — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
In terms of a "career," I never have long-term plans, and certainly don't want to spend several years, say, writing a "long"… — Scott Bradfield Copy Share Image
I like to joke that I started writing long poems out the anxiety over ending and starting poems. It just seemed easier… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
Writing long hand is the last refuge. One needs the time it takes to put pencil to paper and let it run… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character. — Tabitha King Copy Share Image
Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform. — Carl Bereiter Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Writing is one long session of insecurity and fear punctuated by occasional elation. Which is why so many of us are on… — Kelli Stanley Copy Share Image
The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard? — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
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