Engaged Quote by Noam Chomsky

Scientists have a strong urge to write papers but only a relatively mild one to read them.

— Derek J. de Solla Price

I tend to delay writing by doing more research - it's really the act of writing the piece that I have the hardest time…

— James Surowiecki

There is an intellectual snobbery that, regrettably, many academics suffer from. They are proud their paper is only read by a small group of…

— Gad Saad

When I do research, I have done - 90 percent of my time is the research, the other ten percent is the writing. So…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Research" is a wonderful word for writers. It serves as excuse for EVERYTHING”

— Rayne Hall

To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to continually analyze…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I try to do as little as possible without looking like an idiot. Research is fun and easy. Writing is hard. So I try…

— Zachary Lazar

The world of research has gone berserk. Too much paper work.

— Bob Dylan

“Of all the myths surrounding academic writing, the fallacy of effortless productivity is among the most persistent.”

— Helen Sword

To be quite honest, along with thinking and such when it comes to writing, I'm not into words like "theory." I'm a PhD dropout.…

— Mary J. Miller

“the joys of coauthoring a research paper, it is really time to go to bed.”

— Diane Setterfield