Astonishment Quote by Felix Dennis

The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.

— Gore Vidal

But usually I'll wake up and start writing about nine o'clock. I'll probably write for about three hours, and I'll do that over the…

— Stanley Tucci

I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.

— Wislawa Szymborska

I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that isn't flawed…

— Margaret Atwood

I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small…

— Markus Zusak

I tend to start at 9 o'clock in the morning and write until 3. Those are my best hours. They fit the other rhythms…

— Justin Cronin

Writing time has to be created.

— Gillian Roberts

Three hours of writing require twenty hours of preparation. Luckily I have learned to dream about the work, which saves me some working time.

— John Steinbeck

The writing day can be, in some ways, too short, but it's actually a long series of hours, for months at a time, and…

— Anne Enright

I usually don't write at night, but there are times where I wake up at 3 in the morning and write all night.

— John Searles

You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.

— Nora Roberts

I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in.

— Sue Monk Kidd