Conception Quote by Jackie French

I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the…

— John Irving

The reason that I'm considered to be prolific is just because I'm a good listener. It literally is me taking dictation when I write.…

— Doreen Virtue

I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.

— David Mamet

I write fast, because I have not the brains to write slow.

— Georges Simenon

I write fast, I write beautifully, I write convincingly.

— James Toback

Well, first you have to love writing. A lot of authors love having written. But I enjoy the actual writing. Beside that, I think…

— R. L. Stine

I've never been a fast reader. I'm fickle; I don't finish books I start; I put a book aside for five, ten years and…

— Nicholson Baker

I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.

— Dan Brown

From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

— Quintilian

I write four or five a books a year. That means that I usually have one on the go. I am fortunate in being…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Now, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I can do…

— Edward Hirsch