Any Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

— Augusten Burroughs

I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh start -…

— William Manchester

I don't think anyone is ever writing so that you can throw it away. You're always writing it to be something. Later, you decide…

— Steve Martin

By the time you write the last page you have done half the book. The other half tends to get done in about five…

— Terry Pratchett

If what needs to get done is going to get done, then I can't screw around with the luxury of writing rituals or waiting…

— Paul G. Tremblay

Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out.…

— Mark Twain

“The power of literature, I've always thought, lies in how willful the act of making it is. As such, I've never bought into the…

— Nicole Krauss

I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.

— Farley Mowat

I rewrite my books until they're mostly memorized so that's a lot of rewrites, a lot of time spent with my stories.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing, I feel…

— Paulo Coelho

I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don't always,…

— Harry Turtledove

I'm not ritualistic about writing. I try to write as often as possible, which means that I have to be able to write in…

— Cassandra Clare