Always Quote by Elizabeth Berg

The writer cannot make the seas of distraction stand still, but he [or she] can at times come between the madly distracted and the…

— Saul Bellow

In fact, now for whatever reason, if we're recording in the same room, I get a little distracted because I'm watching the actor instead…

— Adam Reed

Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom we wish…

— Ruskin Bond

Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

— Edna O'Brien

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and…

— Julianna Baggott

“Writers, even unpublished writers, have a tendency not to notice what’s going on around them when they are the center of attention.”

— Gary Reilly

“One thing writers have in common is the need to procrastinate. People don't really understand this, but it's not avoiding work, it is work.…

— Steven T. Seagle

Distractions have never prevented a Writing Writer Who Writes from writing; distractions are an excuse proffered by Non-Writing Non-Writers Who are Not-Writing for why…

— Merlin Mann

There is a tendency for writers to be most exciting by whatever they just wrote. Sometimes that excitement is warranted. Sometimes on further listen…

— Stone Gossard

But the sensibility of the writer, whether fiction or poetry, comes from paying attention. I tell my students that writing doesn't begin when you…

— Julia Alvarez

A writer has an inescapable voice. I think it's inherent in the nature, and I think that we don't control it anymore than we…

— Horton Foote

“Why writers stumble over words when talking? Because we have so much to say, our mouths can't keep up with our brains.”

— Ksenia Anske