Civil war Quote by Shelby Foote

If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500 words a…

— Ian Fleming

I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think you don't…

— Carolyn See

The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a…

— J. K. Rowling

I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did one on…

— Paul Johnson

I have written 30,000 words in a month - think of it - 30,000! I hope I am putting the right number of naughts:…

— George A. Moore

I wrote a thousand words every day

— Jack London

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.

— A. N. Wilson

I write a thousand words a day.

— Lisa See

My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words.

— Mary H.K. Choi

If you are stymied as a writer, if it's just not coming together, then take the pressure off and don't feel that you need…

— Chris Bohjalian

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage…

— A. N. Wilson

I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.

— Nicholas Sparks