Waiting Quote by Joan Didion

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing.

— Joan Didion

After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it…

— Edwidge Danticat

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

— Jay McInerney

Writing is the act of discovery.

— Natalie Goldberg

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

— Edward Albee

In an essay, you have the outcome in your pocket before you set out on your journey, and very rarely do you make an…

— Cynthia Ozick

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

— Robert Hass

Writing is really wonderful art. A lot of this is discovery. A lot of things are lying around waiting to be discovered and that's…

— George Carlin

Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're…

— Bob Shacochis

“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.”

— Matt Forbeck

For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke…

— Joan Didion