Focus Quote by Lyra Parish

“I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing, not associating with all the people around me.”

— Haruki Murakami

“No thinking – that comes later. You write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing…

— Anonymous

“Feel first, write second.”

— William Kenower

“Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words.”

— Jonathan Price

“If you want to write faster, the first step is to know what you're writing before you write it.”

— Rachel Aaron

“Think before you write, while you write- and definitely after you have written.”

— Sudakshina Bhattacharjee

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

“The most difficult thing about writing; is writing the first line.”

— Amit Kalantri

“If you want to become a better writer, you have to write. But you also have to read.”

— Kami Garcia

“There are only two ways, really, to become a writer. One is to write. The other is to read.”

— Anna Quindlen

“There's just one advice for an aspiring writer; write.”

— SciFurz

“There is only one way to overcome the difficulty of writing, and that is to write. Thought only becomes effective and productive at the…

— Amélie Nothomb