Able Quote by Catherine Mayer

I'm up at 8:30 every morning, and I write from about 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. - with some breaks, of course. I really…

— Sarah Mlynowski

I start writing at 7.30 A.M. and write till noon. I've never written a single word after 5.00 P.M.

— Anita Shreve

Usually I get up early every morning and from 6:00 to 10:00 I write. The rest of the time I study and prepare my…

— Elie Wiesel

I write from seven to about noon. I used to try to write longer, but I read and I found that I was always…

— Robert Caro

I prefer writing in the mornings, so to that extent I have a routine. I do reading and other things in the afternoon.

— James Fenton

When I am writing a novel, though, then it's usually three or four hours a day. Ideally, right after lunch until three or four,…

— Stephen Graham Jones

I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.

— Jeannette Walls

I write in the mornings. During my down time.

— Stanley Tucci

When you first quit your regular job and you become a full-time writer, you are paralyzed with free time. You have so much free…

— Matt de la Pena

I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at…

— Donald McKay

Every day I try to do some small thing connected to writing. Or I'll station myself at a café and try to hold myself…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

I am not an early-morning person; I don't like to get out of bed, and so I don't begin writing at five A.M., though…

— Chinua Achebe