Attention Quote by Barney Frank

I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.

— Teresa of Avila

Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page.

— Janet Burroway

I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.

— Umberto Eco

Without a reader, I cannot write. It's like a kiss: they cannot be done alone.

— John Cheever

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

— John Cheever

If I tried to write long-hand, I suppose I'd never finish a novel. I edit too much as I write - the paper would…

— Nicholas Sparks

“Anyone can write one book; for instance even politicians do it! Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer”

— Len Deighton

“For most writers, reading is also a very intense experience; they don’t read so much as compete. The writer measure’s himself against every text…

— Betsy Lerner

A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth.

— Joshua Ferris

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

— Salman Rushdie

I have never been able to write with anything more than the left hand of my mind; the right hand has always been engaged…

— Rebecca West

I think there is only one way to write fiction - alone, in a room, without interruption or any distraction.

— Paul Theroux