Defiance Quote by Diablo Cody

I think I'm a very lazy writer and by that I mean that I do not battle, I don't struggle too hard against it.…

— Wole Soyinka

I'm sort of an 'automatic' writer. I'm not much for chiseling away at songs or working at them for days trying to make them…

— Leon Russell

I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what…

— Donald McKay

Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done.

— Larry Wilmore

If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard enough. Any challenging pursuit will encounter…

— Maxwell Perkins

I can't really write unless I'm full of inspiration. And even then I can't write unless I have some alone time.

— Brett Dennen

I tend to work most often from the method of ignoring any ritualistic writing for long periods of time, and then I'll spend three…

— Kevin Keck

I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing…

— Philip Roth

I don't write all the time. But if I'm writing something, I'll just bang into it every day until it's finished. I write pretty…

— Martin McDonagh

When I get into the moment of actually feeling like I want to write, to finish something, I do what I've always read authors…

— Ted Leo

I am not one of those writers that it just flows out of effortlessly. I have to sit and write and rewrite and sometimes…

— Princess Superstar

Writing is difficult. It's a time commitment, it's labor and I'd have to get myself to sit down and actually do the work and…

— Busy Philipps