Asks Quote by Derrick Jensen

I don't wake up every day and just write to write. I only write with purpose.

— Steven Van Zandt

If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing . . . then you are a writer.

— Anonymous

I write early in the morning. I just wake up whenever I feel awake and I have to be sitting and writing pretty soon…

— Tim Cahill

You have to throw yourself away when you write.

— Maxwell Perkins

I am always writing to myself.

— Joan Didion

I write all the time. I always have. I can pick up my horn to warm up, and an idea will pop into my…

— Wadada Leo Smith

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

— Gloria Steinem

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

— Sharon Van Etten

The best time to write is when your life is in the toilet. Writing offers an escape from your problems, so if you force…

— Sabrina Jeffries

I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

— Norton Juster

When you want to write well, wake up at 5 A.M.

— Susannah Cahalan

Every day, I write. I have a writing period - it's usually in the morning - or I'm writing songs.

— Bill Ward