No reason Quote by John Irving

If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the difficult task…

— Pearl S. Buck

Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

— Margaret Haddix

I probably spend 90% of my time revising what I've written.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I honestly think that in order to be a writer you have to learn to be reverent. If not, why are you writing? Why…

— Anne Lamott

I enjoy writing but I wouldn't want to do it all the time because generally you are not writing about things you want to…

— Josh Widdicombe

The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life.

— Donald Miller

I'm not a writer, and I don't want there to be any mistake about that.

— Kevin Spacey

“If you’re not going to immerse yourself in your work as a writer then don’t write. But beware, if you’re a writer who does…

— Jason E. Hodges

I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I don't want…

— Judy Blume

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

— Jackie Collins

When you finally start to write something, do not let yourself stop...even when you are convinced it's the worst garbage ever. This is the…

— Jodi Picoult

Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.

— Jess Walter