Breakfast Quote by Scott Westerfeld

I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always writing-but in…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I don't write all the time. But if I'm writing something, I'll just bang into it every day until it's finished. I write pretty…

— Martin McDonagh

I try to treat writing as part of my daily routine: I write for at least two hours, five days per week. I tend…

— Jesmyn Ward

Every day I try to do some small thing connected to writing. Or I'll station myself at a café and try to hold myself…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At…

— Francoise Sagan

When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000 words a…

— John Scalzi

I try to keep a steady pace with my writing. I have found that super-productive days are usually followed by two and even three…

— Scott Spencer

My writing regimen is not very regimented. I tend to be a binge writer, working sometimes in the morning and sometimes all night. When…

— Jess Walter

Now, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I can do…

— Edward Hirsch

I'm a full-time believer in writing habits...You may be able to do without them if you have genius but most of us only have…

— Flannery O'Connor

I write about two hours a day, and I write in fits and spurts - 45 minutes here, a half-hour there - and when…

— Ellen Potter

I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at…

— Donald McKay