Activity Quote by Jeff Bollow

Writing is something that you don't know how to do. You sit down and it's something that happens, or it may not happen. So,…

— Charles Bukowski

Much of the activity we think of as writing is, actually, getting ready to write.

— Gail Godwin

The thing for someone just starting off [in writing] is to write. You need to have limber fingers, whether you write with your fingers…

— Augusten Burroughs

Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office,…

— D. B. Weiss

Ideally, writing ought to be like riding a bicycle: something you know how to do without having to think consciously about exactly what it…

— Brian Stableford

Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice.

— Nancy Mairs

Writing is the easiest thing in the world.... Just try it sometime. I sit up with a pipe in my mouth and a board…

— Mark Twain

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

— Ben Fountain

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

— Bill Simmons

Writing is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living.

— Melissa Marr

Writing is a lot like making soup. My subconscious cooks the idea, but I have to sit down at the computer to pour it…

— Robin Wells

It took time to learn that the hard thing about writing is to let the story write itself, while one sits at the typewriter…

— Richard Bach