Appetite Quote by Haruki Murakami

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then…

— Nora Roberts

When you decide 'to be a writer,' you don't have the faintest idea of what the work is like. When you begin, you write…

— Philip Roth

Even when I cannot write, I know I am still a writer, just the way I know I am still sexual even if I…

— Olga Broumas

I feel with writing, so much of the time, I don't know how to tap in and be spontaneous and alive on a daily…

— Annie Baker

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in…

— Paul Auster

I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that…

— Lisa Kleypas

There's no reason that a writer, if they have some discipline and curiosities and passion, can't be vital for a long, long time.

— Peter Hedges

In a lot of senses, things are definitely changing in my life, and with what's going on around me. But I still feel like…

— Angel Olsen

I've never suffered from writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, sometimes too many. I've always had a strong imagination. If it dries up…

— J. G. Ballard

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering old passions…

— Christina Baker Kline

And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don't enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time…

— Marcus Brigstocke

In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block.

— Richard Powers