Ifs Quote by Christopher Nolan

I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with.

— Amy Bloom

It's very rare that I ever go and research a particular subject. Mostly I do serendipitous research, I read stuff, things spinning out of…

— Terry Pratchett

I try to do as little as possible without looking like an idiot. Research is fun and easy. Writing is hard. So I try…

— Zachary Lazar

Research is necessary. However, you need to make sure you don't fall into its trap. You need to have time left for writing. To…

— Jaume Cabre

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.

— David McCullough

I often say that research is a way of finding out what you are going to do when you can't keep on doing what…

— Charles Kettering

I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.

— C. J. Box

When I do research, I have done - 90 percent of my time is the research, the other ten percent is the writing. So…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.

— E. L. Doctorow

Partly because of the way I write - I don't work with an outline or in a straight line. I work where I can…

— Diana Gabaldon

To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

I tend to delay writing by doing more research - it's really the act of writing the piece that I have the hardest time…

— James Surowiecki