Books Quote by Tim Key

If getting on the radio was a major motivation, I'd be one of the worst writers of all time. I admire people who do…

— Randy Newman

Writing for radio really focuses the mind, because you can't rely on thinking "Oh, just pull a funny face at the end of this…

— David Walliams

I enjoy writing plays most. I haven't written a radio play in a while and I don't write short stories anymore because the process…

— Sefi Atta

Because I don't do stand-up, radio has always been my equivalent, a place to stay in connection with the public and force myself to…

— Harry Shearer

Radio is the medium that most closely approximates the experience of reading. As a novelist, I find it very exciting to be able to…

— Daniel Alarcon

Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.

— Ira Glass

It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.

— Gertrude Stein

Sometimes I'll go without writing for a while and I'll start to be driven nuts. I start doubting my writing ability. So I'll sit…

— Kim Shattuck

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.

— Augusten Burroughs

I don't spend the day writing. I'll maybe write fresh copy for two hours, and then I'll go back and revise some of it…

— Stephen King

I like to write books where I get a question on the radio, and I don't have an answer for it.

— Dave Ramsey

I'm sort of an 'automatic' writer. I'm not much for chiseling away at songs or working at them for days trying to make them…

— Leon Russell