Every Quote by Italo Calvino

Every day I'm not working or writing is a wasted day to me.

— George Pelecanos

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.

— Karen Thompson Walker

I write all day every day, so when I feel unproductive, it magnifies everything else.

— Blake Butler

I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing…

— Noah Baumbach

I try to keep a steady pace with my writing. I have found that super-productive days are usually followed by two and even three…

— Scott Spencer

I try to write every day. I don't beat myself up about word counts, or how many hours are ticking by on the clock…

— Jonathan Lethem

I write early in the morning. I just wake up whenever I feel awake and I have to be sitting and writing pretty soon…

— Tim Cahill

For myself, I keep writing. I've got to do something. I can't sit on my hands and do nothing.

— Angus Young

My life is very busy with a lot of things, and so I don't get uninterrupted time. When I do, I can just write…

— Ru Freeman

You sit down in the morning on your own to write something. You get to the end of the day and it's not like…

— Dan Mazer

I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

— Norton Juster

There isn't a single day I don't do some writing -- if you don't, you won't have a book. When you're self-employed it is…

— Charles de Lint