Communication Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

If you listen first, and write later, then what you write will have had time to filter through your brain and you'll be in…

— Jaron Lanier

I always write after I think for quite a long time, so the actual writing time is rather short. I think a lot of…

— Helen Vendler

I know exactly what I want to write. I do not write until I do. Usually I write it all down only once. And…

— Hannah Arendt

Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write…

— Louis Menand

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 write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.

— Nicholas Sparks

The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time.

— Harlan Coben

I can write faster on a typewriter than you can on a computer. I do 120 words a minute, and you can't do that…

— Ray Bradbury

Typically, when you read, you have more time to think. Reading gives you a unique pause button for comprehension and insight. By and large,…

— Maryanne Wolf

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

— Catherine the Great

For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.

— Sefi Atta