Hours Quote by Franklin P. Adams

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

— Franklin Pierce Adams

In writing if it takes over 30 minutes to write the first two paragraphs select another subject.

— Raymond Aron

It's unimaginable to me that I wouldn't write, but it's very imaginable that I won't write for a little while.

— Anne Rivers Siddons

The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time.

— Harlan Coben

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

— Gore Vidal

As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two…

— Anonymous

When you're writing something that is truly original it takes time.

— Daniel Lissing

I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.

— Nicholas Sparks

It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have…

— Betty Smith

You write three pages over six hours, and you don't feel like you've gotten anywhere, but if you've done a beautiful metaphor or a…

— Andrew Sean Greer

It takes me ages to write stuff.

— Chris Lilley

It takes a long time for words to become thought.

— May Sarton