Awful Quote by James Dickey

I write very raw, ugly, illiterate first drafts very quickly (novels are always in first draft in under a year) and then I spend…

— Porochista Khakpour

I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what those are…

— Susan Sontag

Writing, for me at least, takes a lot of concentrated work and effort. It takes dedication and the willingness to do the work even…

— Karl Iagnemma

I can't really write unless I'm full of inspiration. And even then I can't write unless I have some alone time.

— Brett Dennen

I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.

— Aleksandar Hemon

I've described my usual writing process as scrambling from peak to peak on inspiration through foggy valleys of despised logic. Inspiration is better when…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Writing takes too much patience and it takes too much out of you for me to want to attempt it too often.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose…

— Kurt Cobain

I notice inspiration when it comes by. I don't sit down at my desk and try to write.

— Gary Panter

I don't write all the time. But if I'm writing something, I'll just bang into it every day until it's finished. I write pretty…

— Martin McDonagh

I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.

— Gail Carson Levine

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of…

— Adam Pascal