Realising Quote by Ellie Goulding

Sometimes I write, but once it's done, I usually find my writing to be so bad that I hide it somewhere and never look…

— Gideon Glick

Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

— Margaret Haddix

I write a lot, and then forget what I've written, and then come back to it and say, "Not bad, I should do something…

— Allison Joseph

Writing is a little box of interest that I take out once in a while.

— Mukul Dev

I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.

— Garth Ennis

I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework what I…

— Kent Haruf

Journaling is the biggest thing for me. I'm able to write things down. There are so many little things. I don't even remember what…

— Tyrese Haliburton

I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule.

— Jamaica Kincaid

I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand…

— Siegfried Lenz

I write all the time but often abandon things I don't think will go anywhere. It's rare that I'll labor over writing something that…

— Robin Pecknold

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 spend most of my time writing.

— Louise Erdrich