Amount Quote by Kevin Keck

I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always writing-but in…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I try to treat writing as part of my daily routine: I write for at least two hours, five days per week. I tend…

— Jesmyn Ward

I'm a full-time believer in writing habits...You may be able to do without them if you have genius but most of us only have…

— Flannery O'Connor

You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.

— Wallace Shawn

Every day I try to do some small thing connected to writing. Or I'll station myself at a café and try to hold myself…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

I write every day. I don't have a writing schedule. I write when I feel like it. Fortunately I feel like it all the…

— Eve Bunting

I'm not a believer that you have to write every day. If I felt industrious, I'd spend ten hours a week writing. The writing…

— Julia Glass

When I'm writing, I never write more than four hours a day.

— Truman Capote

I write nearly every day. Some days I write for ten or eleven hours. Other days I might only write for three hours. It…

— J. K. Rowling

I'm not one of those writers who writes everyday.

— Sjon

I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.

— Marisha Pessl

I try to write every day. I don't beat myself up about word counts, or how many hours are ticking by on the clock…

— Jonathan Lethem