Desks Quote by George Singleton

Ever since I started writing in college, I have, save for a few short breaks here and there, been working away on something. I…

— Laura van den Berg

No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered.

— Stephen Greenblatt

“Writing is like a lump of coal. Put it under enough pressure and polish it enough and you might just end up with a…

— A.J. Dalton

When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot…

— Stephen King

I did that for 40 years or more. I never had any writer's block. I got up in the morning, sat down at the…

— Frederik Pohl

When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block.

— Ruskin Bond

I am violently untidy. My desk is overcrowded. I write my first drafts in longhand in a long notebook using a plastic throwaway fountain…

— Colm Toibin

Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.

— Emma Thompson

I write with a pen and paper. Never on a laptop.

— Robert Smith

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

— Noah Baumbach

Often I have the impression that I am writing on paper that is already browning in the licks of the flames.

— Ernst Junger

Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.

— Madeleine L'Engle