Firsts Quote by John Irving

I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.

— John le Carre

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

I have lots of notebooks around, because one great advantage of writing by hand-in addition to how much it slows you down-is that it…

— John Irving

When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then…

— Elie Wiesel

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

If I tried to write long-hand, I suppose I'd never finish a novel. I edit too much as I write - the paper would…

— Nicholas Sparks

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

— Dan Brown

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 first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you…

— Jonathan Dee

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 am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is where I…

— Barack Obama

I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.

— James Salter