Circumstances Quote by Sylvia Porter

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

— Haruki Murakami

I get absolutely ruthless in my own way about not doing anything else when I am trying to concentrate on writing a book. I…

— Jane Jacobs

I find that when I am actually writing, I enter a zone of concentration too small to admit my troubles.

— Roger Ebert

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I'm an actor, and, beyond that, the thing I do most compulsively is writing. So I come at it very much from this sense…

— Edward Norton

I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.

— David Mamet

I think a lot about writing and I try to read a lot. Being a musician, I don't take the words lightly; they are…

— Steve Gunn

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

— Julianna Baggott

I started writting songs when I was really little because there were things I could say through songs that I couldn't verbalize any other…

— Alanis Morissette

I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must…

— Bill James

I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say…

— Jillian Medoff

When things are going well, I can't write fast enough to keep up with my mind. Writing walks, speech runs and talk flies. Other…

— Dylan Moran