Cell phone Quote by Nathan Englander

How can you stop writing?

— Tony Hillerman

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do…

— Mary Garden

When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot…

— Stephen King

Trying to write while I'm distracted definitely doesn't work for me. I'm also a compulsive saver of my files, so every writing session ends…

— Ian Doescher

Sometimes I don't write at all. Someone once asked me, "What do you do when you're not writing?" And I said, "I idle."

— Aleksandar Hemon

Every morning, I go off to a small studio behind my house to write. I try to ignore all email and phone calls until…

— Daniel Goleman

Many writers-in-waiting spend a lot of time avoiding the work at hand. The most common way to avoid writing is by procrastination. This is…

— Walter Mosley

When I write, I try to turn my Internet off so I can't procrastinate through the Internet, but then I just get deeply involved…

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

After all, most writing is done away from the typewriter, away from the desk. I'd say it occurs in the quiet, silent moments, while…

— Henry Miller

Writing is busy idleness.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I'm writing all the time when I'm at home. When I'm on the road, I just get ideas, and I put it on my…

— Beth Hart

For myself, I keep writing. I've got to do something. I can't sit on my hands and do nothing.

— Angus Young