Code Quote by Steve Jobs

Writing scripts is fine because you get through a page quickly. But writing words just reminds me of school. To me a novel would…

— Harry Enfield

You don't write a book. You write a sentence and then a paragraph and then a page and then a chapter. Looking at writing…

— Rebecca Serle

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer.

— James Houston

I can write faster on a typewriter than you can on a computer. I do 120 words a minute, and you can't do that…

— Ray Bradbury

Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.'…

— Ramez Naam

Generally, my notes and outlines comprise more words than my novels. I suppose that's one reason I'm a comparatively slow writer, something that has…

— Frank Peretti

When I think about the books I've written, it probably takes 150,000-200,000 words to get a 50,000 page book. Highlighting something and hitting Cmd-X…

— Brad Feld

On a normal novel, I would like to get 2,000 to 2,500 words done in a day; I average 10,000 words a week, and…

— Sarah Pinborough

I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I disagree. You need to write…

— Nathaniel Rich

I've never written a novel before, and part of the reason I haven't is I was worried about getting 50,000 words into a book…

— Ryan North

“Treat writing as a job. Be disciplined. Lots of writers get a bit OCD-ish about this. Graham Greene famously wrote 500 words a day.…

— Sarah Waters

I write 1,000 words a day first thing in the morning but I cannot write 240 characters to describe a piece that I spent…

— Daniel Alarcon