Back Quote by Karen Russell

I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of the cathedral…

— Karen Russell

I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the…

— Ricky Schroder

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

— Conor Oberst

My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've met say…

— Douglas Coupland

My publishers find me really challenging, as a lot of the time, I don't even know what I'm going to be writing about until…

— Lisa Jewell

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that,…

— Neil Gaiman

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

— Peter Heller

I am not one of those writers that it just flows out of effortlessly. I have to sit and write and rewrite and sometimes…

— Princess Superstar

Writing really is a difficult craft and there are many parts to master.

— James Johnson

I have a background writing screenplays and teleplays. I've tried to write prose and fiction but never really completed anything I thought worthy of…

— Michael Imperioli

I have no one else involved in the writing process. I would hate to feel that I was going into the studio with something…

— Marika Hackman

I write my first draft by hand, at least for fiction. For non-fiction, I write happily on a computer, but for fiction I write…

— Jennifer Egan