Book Quote by Ray Bradbury

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

— Henry David Thoreau

I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours.

— John Hope

As far back as I remember, long before I could write, I had played at making stories. But not until I was seven or…

— Ellen Glasgow

“For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so…

— Marcel Proust

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.

— Gene Fowler

I sit down and I write what I'm thinking and what I feel - it happens all at once, I never stop writing.

— Lydia Hearst

I write because I can’t sleep.

— Ben Mezrich

“I have written until I fell asleep with my computer on my lap. That can't be normal.”

— Christy Hall

I sleep way too much and I read tremendously.

— Junot Diaz

If you think about writing a book, or when I did, it seems daunting, but when I began writing, it just started flowing.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I have a thing - I call it magic - but I feel like I can write stuff down in the middle of the…

— Ester Dean

I'm terrified of writing at night, for then I can't sleep. So I start slowly, slowly writing in the morning and go on into…

— Italo Calvino