Bits Quote by Douglas Adams

“Anyone and everyone taking a writing class knows that the secret of good writing is to cut it back, pare it down, winnow, chop,…

— Nick Hornby

It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books in, even…

— Augusten Burroughs

Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that aren't books yet. They agonize over how to write…

— Deb Caletti

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.

— Sharyn McCrumb

There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect…

— Alexandra Fuller

You know how sometimes you meet writers that are so full of themselves? They feel really proud that they wrote something . But what…

— Sandra Cisneros

I always give my students exercises where they really have to open a vein and bleed all over the paper and that's the way…

— George R. R. Martin

Why does the writing make us chase the writer? Why can't we leave well enough alone? Why aren't the books enough?

— Julian Barnes

The creative process requires a period of boredom, of being stuck. That's actually a very uncomfortable period that a lot of people mistake for…

— Graham Linehan

Writing is an art but also a craft, which means it's a job. I don't teach. This is how the groceries get on the…

— Charlie Huston

writing is like being in love. You never get better at it or learn more about it. The day you think you do is…

— James Lee Burke