Firsts Quote by Raymond Aron

I know exactly what I want to write. I do not write until I do. Usually I write it all down only once. And…

— Hannah Arendt

It takes a long, long time to write what I do write.

— Joseph O'Neill

It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and then write it sentence by sentence - no first draft.…

— Dorothy Parker

It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and write it sentence by sentence - no first draft. I…

— Dorothy Parker

It takes me ages to write stuff.

— Chris Lilley

“If you want to write faster, the first step is to know what you're writing before you write it.”

— Rachel Aaron

Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you…

— Franklin P. Adams

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the…

— John Irving

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the…

— John Irving

I write slowly. I can't move on until I've got a paragraph right.

— Nick Hornby

I don't think that writer's block exists really. I think that when you're trying to do something prematurely, it just won't come. Certain subjects…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?

— Edith Pearlman