Busy Quote by Bonnie Jo Campbell

I haven't had the time to do a lot of writing. But nothing's really changed about me. It's just my day-to-day activities have changed,…

— D'Angelo

It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire…

— Rita Dove

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.

— Tobias Wolff

I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.

— Marisha Pessl

I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to find those…

— Harlan Coben

I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day;…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

I dunno, when I started writing really I was like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex...…

— Tom Waits

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood

At a certain point, I got used to writing on demand. I developed a habit of writing like I hired myself! I also like…

— Jake Holmes

I was a housewife, so I learned to write in times off, and I don't think I ever gave it up, though there were…

— Alice Munro

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone