Block Quote by Tennessee Williams

I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.

— Walter Jon Williams

I always write after I think for quite a long time, so the actual writing time is rather short. I think a lot of…

— Helen Vendler

For me, the process always has to be pretty intense. I could never write just two or three days a week. It had to…

— Chad Harbach

If I was going to write something, I'd need to stop for three months and just see if I had any thoughts in there.

— Mariella Frostrup

I have to be by myself when I write, and I never know how long it will take. It is like making butter. Sometimes…

— Annie Fellows Johnston

For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block.

— Mary Garden

Your brain is cooked when you write hard for three or four hours.

— John Grisham

As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as…

— Sarah Zettel

I tended to write the book in these bursts of two or three months at a time. So I would know, or at least…

— Chad Harbach

I didn't learn how to read and write until pretty late, and it was this very mysterious, incredible thing, like driving, that I didn't…

— Lucy Corin

But usually I'll wake up and start writing about nine o'clock. I'll probably write for about three hours, and I'll do that over the…

— Stanley Tucci

But most weeks I've gone through 12 books, maybe even 15 some weeks, depending on the length. So I go through my long form,…

— Maria Popova