Bits Quote by Sandra Cisneros

Writing is very improvisational. It's like trying to fix a broken sewing machine with safety pins and rubber bands. A lot of tinkering.

— Margaret Atwood

Writing is very much like bricklaying. You learn to put one brick on top of another and spread the mortar so thick.

— Red Smith

Writing is the hammer & chisel that breaks down the established way of thinking. A concrete event, then an abstraction. An image, then a…

— Diane Glancy

Whenever I try to do anything on a typewriter, it's like having this machine between me and the words; what comes out is not…

— Chinua Achebe

A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.

— Susanna Clarke

If I had my choice, I would be writing by typewriter. I worked on newspapers for 10 years. I typed with the touch system,…

— Tom Wolfe

Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth…

— Kate Atkinson

“Writing is a method for storing information through material signs.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

Before I started working on a computer, writing a piece would be like making something up every day, taking the material and never quite…

— Joan Didion

Writing is making a mess, and then working and reworking to create a beautiful piece.

— Heather Sellers

Writing is a lot like making soup. My subconscious cooks the idea, but I have to sit down at the computer to pour it…

— Robin Wells

I write on the typewriter. I like it because I like the feeling of making something with my hands. I like pressing the key…

— David McCullough