Desks Quote by Colm Toibin

There's always been in my life that tension between living and writing. For me, because I'm so physically exuberant, it was extra hard to…

— Peter Heller

After the editing room, I go and take a nap. I'm not in the practice of writing, and I feel like I'm flabby, and…

— Tamara Jenkins

I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be…

— James Rollins

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

— Noah Baumbach

I write on a laptop, so it's impossible to count drafts anymore.

— Garrison Keillor

When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My writing process isn't a very organized thing. The actual writing part is a tiny part of my life. I often write in public.…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Sometimes I work purely 8-12 shifts, banging stuff into the computer. Other times, my office is like a scene from a detective movie, with…

— Irvine Welsh

I can only write new words at my desk, the one I've owned for 25 years. When we moved to our new house I…

— Steve Berry

I have sat here at my desk, day after day, night after night, a blank sheet of paper before me, unable to lift my…

— Susan Hill

I am a terrible mixture of being organized, controlling, but chaotic. My desk is monstrous.

— Elizabeth Hurley

For myself, I keep writing. I've got to do something. I can't sit on my hands and do nothing.

— Angus Young