Desk Quote by Laura Lippman

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

— Meg Cabot

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised.

— Nikki Grimes

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes.

— Jane Green

Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers…

— Haruki Murakami

Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order for you to get better at it, you have to exercise the muscle.

— Jason Reynolds

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

— Maureen Johnson

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

Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.

— Edna Ferber

Writing ... is practically the only activity a person can do that is not competitive.

— Paul Theroux

Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

— Anna Quindlen

Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.

— Simone de Beauvoir

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

— Ben Fountain