Capable Quote by Bertrand Russell

I wake up sometimes with an idea and then I write it down. It's not necessarily easy, but when you focus on something it…

— Vince Staples

Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my…

— Piers Anthony

Granted you want to go beyond ideas and beyond thought, but that takes years of practice. If you must think, think good thoughts, happy…

— Frederick Lenz

I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give…

— Francesca Lia Block

Most of the writing that I do is a complete train of thought process. I'll just be walking down the street or sitting on…

— St. Lucia

When the initial little impulse comes it just tends to come. I wake up in the middle of the night, or I'll be swimming…

— Mark Duplass

When faced with something complex, spend the time to think about some structure, write down sentences, think about it some more, and then share…

— Steven Sinofsky

Thinking is the activity I love best, and writing to me is simply thinking through my fingers. I can write up to 18 hours…

— Isaac Asimov

I always write a thing first and think about it afterward, which is not a bad procedure because the easiest way to have consequential…

— E. B. White

I think the right way to work is by focusing on each task at hand and then move forward.

— Lance Stroll

I try not to think too much about my writing process - I tend to feel my way forward and find more insights that…

— Nick Petrie

The important discovery I made very early is that my novels had to be written without any given plan or outline. I can't do…

— Per Petterson