Able Quote by Augusten Burroughs

The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you…

— Jonathan Dee

When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.

— Sophy Burnham

Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office,…

— D. B. Weiss

Ideally, writing ought to be like riding a bicycle: something you know how to do without having to think consciously about exactly what it…

— Brian Stableford

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this…

— Walter Mosley

Writing is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living.

— Melissa Marr

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

— Bill Simmons

Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice.

— Nancy Mairs

Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it.

— Richard Ford

I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.

— John le Carre

I don't even own a computer. I write by hand then I type it up on an old manual typewriter. But I cross out…

— Paul Auster

There are so many different ways, most of them helpful and legal, to get yourself into a state of mind where writing is possible.…

— Alice Mattison