Books Quote by Paul J. Silvia Download Open image ““Binge writers are also binge readers and binge statisticians.”” — Paul J. Silvia ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Writing
“Binge writers spend more time feeling guilty and anxious about not writing than schedule followers spend writing.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
One of the best descriptions of the type of writer I am was given by Tom Paulin, who described himself as a 'binge' writer… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“Writers are creatures of habit, as are humans, but writers aren’t necessarily human, are they?” — Alyssa Hubbard Copy Share Image
“But I'm also addicted to books. And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Great writers experience their dreams. They put them on paper, where others can read about them.” — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
“if you want to be a great writer, you have to be a greed reader.” — Imelda Akmal Architectural Writer Copy Share Image
“Revising while you generate text is like drinking decaffeinated coffee in the early morning: noble idea, wrong time.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Writing time is for writing, not for checking e-mail, reading the news, or browsing the latest issues of journals. Sometimes I think it would… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“To write a lot, you should rethink your mental models of rejection and publication. Rejections are like a sales tax on publications: The more… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“The best kind of self-control is to avoid situations that require self-control” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Decide what you want to do," wrote William Zinsser. "Then decide to do it. Then do it" (Zinsser, 2001, p. 285).” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Writing is more than typing words: Any action that is instrumental in completing a writing project counts as writing.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“The subtlety of your analysis of variance will not move readers to tears, although the tediousness of it might.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Binge writers spend more time feeling guilty and anxious about not writing than schedule followers spend writing.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Remember, you’re allocating time to write, not finding time to write.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“People who claim that they’re “not the scheduling kind of person” are masterly schedulers at other times: They always teach at the same time,… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Equipment will never help you write a lot; only making a schedule and sticking to it will make you a productive writer.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
