Writing Quote by Marilyn vos Savant

When I try to concentrate, I really enjoy writing.

— Sophie Winkleman

I find that when I am actually writing, I enter a zone of concentration too small to admit my troubles.

— Roger Ebert

Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want…

— Vikas Swarup

“Your writings and head are disordered and mixed up, so that it is exceedingly annoying to read and difficult to remember what you write.”

— Martin Luther

Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Reading requires actual concentration . If you skipped a paragraph, or even an important sentence, you could lose the entire story. With most TV…

— Daniel Ehrenhaft

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

— William Zinsser

When things are going well, I can't write fast enough to keep up with my mind. Writing walks, speech runs and talk flies. Other…

— Dylan Moran

“Writing means organizing your thoughts. If your mind is scattered, your writing is scattered. If your mind is focused, your writing will be clear.…

— Robert Peate

It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.

— Tim O'Brien

Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.

— James Richardson

Why are some things easier to write than say?

— Ally Condie