Done Quote by Norma Fox Mazer

Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image.

— Norman Lock

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

— George R. R. Martin

You know, I can't imagine 9 to 5 writing. That takes some stamina.

— Brit Marling

I'm trying to take more nothing time - and that means sacrificing doing. It's partly to do with age, partly to do with the…

— Kate Atkinson

Writing takes too much patience and it takes too much out of you for me to want to attempt it too often.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

“The best writing takes you places you don't want to go. It drags you by the hair against your will and leaves you drained,…

— Penfist

“Writing takes a pen, a sheet of paper and, to start with, just the shadow of an idea.”

— Françoise Sagan

“Writing takes place in an open playing field with limitless possibilities, most of them terrible.”

— Scott Gates

Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world.

— Leonard Mlodinow

Eventually the writing takes time. What I want to do is get the story down and I want to know what happens as I…

— Philip Roth

Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been doing it…

— Rumaan Alam

“Like reading, writing takes me to places I would otherwise never be able to go.”

— Bea Cannon