Conscious mind Quote by St. Lucia

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.

— St. Lucia

I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.

— St. Lucia

If you think about what you do, if you become self-conscious about it, you've got to be very careful. Because I really like to…

— Peter Morgan

I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand - that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I do that…

— Jennifer Egan

I have so little control over the act of writing that it's all I can do to remain conscious.

— David Rakoff

The important discovery I made very early is that my novels had to be written without any given plan or outline. I can't do…

— Per Petterson

I have always thought of myself as a writer, only because I need things to direct, and I can't not write the things that…

— David Lowery

When I write for myself, I think about myself and draw from my own experience.

— Bonnie McKee

I'm not a wildly gifted person; I don't play an instrument or speak another language or have great accomplishments in another field, as many…

— Jennifer Egan

I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually…

— Amanda Hocking

The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me.

— Joyce Maynard

Ideally, writing ought to be like riding a bicycle: something you know how to do without having to think consciously about exactly what it…

— Brian Stableford