Boring Quote by Kumail Nanjiani

I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the…

— Zara Cox

It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and then write it sentence by sentence - no first draft.…

— Dorothy Parker

I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I can't wait to tell…

— Amy Hempel

It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and write it sentence by sentence - no first draft. I…

— Dorothy Parker

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

Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to give to…

— Alice Munro

I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories of mine…

— Sherwood Anderson

I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the…

— Al Yankovic

Sometimes the way comes later, when I'm not working or thinking about it at all. When stories don't work, you try to convince yourself…

— Mary J. Miller

I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my…

— John Steinbeck

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to…

— Janet Evanovich

Eventually the writing takes time. What I want to do is get the story down and I want to know what happens as I…

— Philip Roth